The Industries of the Future Audiobook (Free)

The New York Times bestseller, from leading innovation expert Alec Ross, a “fascinating vision” (Forbes) of what’s next for the world and how to navigate the changes the future will bring.

While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one countries, exploring the latest advances appearing out of every continent. From startup hubs in Kenya to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross provides seen what the near future holds.

In The Industries of the about The Industries of the Future Future, Ross offers a “lucid and informed guide” (Financial Situations) to the changes coming in the next ten years. He examines the fields which will most form our economic upcoming, including robotics and artificial cleverness, cybercrime and cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, as well as the effect of digital technology on cash and markets. In each of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we must adjust to the changing nature of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How can the world’s increasing nations desire to match Silicon Valley with their own advancement hotspots? And what can today’s parents perform to prepare their kids for tomorrow?

Ross blends storytelling and economic evaluation showing how sweeping global styles are affecting the methods we live. Posting insights from global leaders-from the founders of Google and Twitter to protection experts like David Petraeus-Ross reveals the technologies and industries which will drive another stage of globalization. The Sectors of the Future is usually “a riveting and mind-bending book” (NY Journal of Books), a “must read” (Wendy Kopp, Creator of Teach for America) no matter “whether you follow these fields closely or you still think about Honda as an automobile rather than robotics organization” (Forbes).