The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
Azeem Azhar
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society
In this sense, the ages of globalization both explain and are explained by the rising scale of global interactions. Each boost in global scale has given rise to new technologies that have expanded populations and production. Each boost of scale, in turn, has changed the nature of governance and geopolitics. We are now reckoning, however, with a phe
... See moreSince 1950, the world has been on an unprecedented path of technological and economic convergence, and the gains have been much broader than income alone. Throughout the developing world, life expectancy has been rising, years of schooling have increased, rates of extreme poverty have been falling, and employment has been shifting away from manual
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