A revelatory new model for understanding the future of tech
Azeem Azhar is the creator of Exponential View, a leading platform for in-depth tech analysis. His weekly newsletter is read by 200,000 people from around the world, and his hit podcast has featured guests including Yuval Noah Harari, Tony Blair and Kate Raworth. A member of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council, Azhar contributes to publications including the Financial Times, Wired and the MIT Technology Review.
Valuable and timely . . . The importance of the book lies in its
diligent and comprehensive definition of a new phase in human
affairs . . . An enticing and necessary read.
*Sunday Times*
As a primer on our latest multi-dimensional technological
revolution and how it is rewriting the rules of society, economics
and politics, this book is hard to beat.
*Financial Times*
The exponentially growing mismatch between the tools available to
democracies and the sheer might of technology giants is one of the
great challenges of our time . . . Azeem Azhar's excellent book
Exponential offers some solutions.
*BBC News*
As high-tech innovation accelerates in ways that deliver huge
benefits to society but also create unique challenges, Azeem Azhar
delivers a comprehensive but lively take on the key issues
informing what he calls the Exponential Age. It's an essential
addition to the ongoing discourse about where these remarkable new
technologies can take us, and where we should be aiming to go.
Highly recommended!
*Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and author of
BLITZSCALING*
While many talk about the rate of innovation, too few talk about
its direction. Azeem's new book helps bring that directionality to
the surface through a dynamic understanding of the connections
between economic, social and technological forces. Read this book
if you are interested in how we can design a more inclusive and
sustainable system with a re-direction of technological change at
its centre.
*Mariana Mazzucato, UCL professor and author of THE VALUE OF
EVERYTHING and MISSION ECONOMY*
A sweeping, engaging, nuanced, and ultimately conflicted look at
how recent innovations in computing and other emerging technologies
have radically transformed human existence, with consequences that
we can hardly fathom . . . A deft and clear-eyed treatment of
complex issues such as globalisation and the future of automation .
. . Perhaps Azhar's most valuable insight is that conservatively
managing the individual risks posed by new technologies will not
suffice.
*Financial Times*
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*
Azeem Azhar is a globally recognised voice on technology and its
impact. He has written a fascinating and important book, required
reading for anyone seeking to understand the new economy and the
massive global corporations that seek to dominate that economy.
*Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, Royal Society of Arts*
Azhar is unapologetically bullish about the power of technology . .
. He speaks powerfully about how we need to shape technology to put
it back in the service of society.
*Guardian*
Brilliant.
*Anil Seth, author of BEING YOU*
Every generation fears technology is changing frighteningly fast.
Usually it is hyperbole, the fear of the unknown. But today
technological shifts are posing challenges to our security, our
democracies, our way of life, our sanity. Azeem Azhar's brilliant
book demystifies these exponentially fast changes and - importantly
- shows how the chronic volatility can be harnessed for good.
Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how to reclaim
a good society from the snapping jaws of looming chaos.
*Robert Peston*
We are living through a period of unprecedented technological
change . . . Exponential offers a new framework for understanding
the impact of technology on the economy, politics and the
future.
*Forbes*
A powerful argument . . . Azhar's writing is informative and
accessible, and his prescient ideas are only going to become more
important.
*Hannah Fry, BBC Radio 4 presenter and author of HELLO WORLD*
A details-rich journey from the discovery of the first transistor
in 1947 to the arrival of TikTok.
*Reuters*
Azhar has a knack for interrogating and inverting conventional
thinking . . . A convincing case that something extraordinary is
taking place in business and society.
*Economist*
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