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Exponential
- How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society
- Narrated by: Azeem Azhar
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
A revelatory guide to how technology is changing the world, from the creator of Exponential View.
We are entering the Exponential Age.
Over the last decade, Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist and creator of the Exponential View platform - has become our leading thinker on how technology is transforming business, politics and society. Now, Azhar offers a holistic way to think about the effects of new tech. Our society, Azhar argues, is afflicted by an 'exponential gap' - the gulf between the growing pace of technological change, and our institutions' struggle to keep up.
Exponential reveals how this exponential gap can explain the most pressing problems of our age. The gulf between traditional businesses and fast-growing digital platforms. The inability of nation states to deal with new forms of cyberwarfare. The polarisation between tech-savvy urban elites and the rest of the population. And the sclerotic response of liberal democracies to fast-moving social problems.
But the exponential gap is not inevitable. Drawing on fields as varied as economics, political science and psychology, Azhar sketches out how we can harness the power of tech to serve our real needs - fostering new forms of politics, innovative ways of working and fresh approaches to national defence.
Exponential technology can become a force for good. This book explains how.
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"Azeem Azhar is one of the best-regarded thought leaders in the industry. But more importantly, he has a broad understanding of the exponential ways technology can be used to solve our biggest problems, shape our society and bridge cultural divides." (Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify)
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- SamR
- 26-03-24
Essential listening for our age
A really well rounded analysis of the exponential age, albeit one that has change exponentially already since writing it.
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- Mark Lancaster
- 08-08-22
A startling look at the pace and extent of change
humankind had better get a firm grip on the reins else the technology destiny steed is going to run a muck.
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- Chris C.
- 03-01-22
Eye opening and excellently written and narrated!
Really well written and narrated. Opens your eyes to the world and how we're evolving. Uplifting in this sometimes depressing world.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-10-22
Highly Recommended
Azeem is an excellent communicator. With just the right amount of jargon busting, his use of language is accessible without being overly casual. His observations are extremely insightful and balanced. Listeners to his podcast will know, this is based on thorough connected thinking on subjects like: science, technology and innovation; business and finance; geopolitics; environmentalism and sustainability.
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- David Richardson
- 16-05-22
Beware of the future
Well articulated and thought provoking concepts for the cautiously optimistic futurist. Azeem, thank you for making the effort to share these ideas.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-03-23
Insightful and inspiring
Balanced yet thought provoking, on the interplay between technology, economics, sociology and politics and the resulting exponential challenges and opportunities facing human society, today and in the near future. Excellently narrated too.
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- MR DJ COLLINS
- 23-10-21
The book started well and then went exponential!
Really good book for people wanting to best prepare for the future... Loads of things covered, that if read will ultimately get your mind ready for the future and welcome it with arms...
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- Tom93
- 07-12-21
excellent read
insightful book very well read. As a tech enthusiast and a futurist I enjoyed this throroughly
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- Miss D.
- 19-01-22
Great Narration
Great that it was the author Azeem narrating the book, good content, nice overview of challenges.
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- Richard S
- 22-12-21
A book that describes and starts to tackle the big issues of today
This book ties together different strands of technology, economics, politics and sociology like no other to provide insightful commentary on today’s society and where we may be heading in the future.
There are many great books tackling each of these areas individually, but very few that look at how these interact with each other.
Azeem introduces each part of his book at an accessible level and then adds the stepping stones to reach his rather nuanced overall thesis.
This book is a great contribution to the public conversation and provides a valuable context and framework to think about what is happening in the world today. Thank you Azeem!
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