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  • Published: 7 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781473578852
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352

Exponential

How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It





Britain's leading tech writer reveals how to close the gap between technology and society

The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year

'Enticing' Sunday Times | 'Engaging' Financial Times | 'Essential' Reid Hoffman | 'Excellent' Amol Rajan, BBC News
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As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces and democracies get left behind. This is the exponential gap.

Now, a leading technologist explores how this exponential gap is rewiring our world - and reveals how we should respond.
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'Azhar has a knack for interrogating and inverting conventional thinking . . . A convincing case that something extraordinary is taking place in business and society' Economist

'Deft and clear-eyed . . . Perhaps Azhar's most valuable insight is that conservatively managing the individual risks posed by new technologies will not suffice' Financial Times

'Valuable and timely . . . A diligent and comprehensive definition of a new phase in human affairs' Sunday Times

  • Published: 7 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781473578852
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 352