The Industries of the Future
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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 coming out of every continent. From startup hubs in Kenya to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds.
In The Industries of the Future, Ross provides a “lucid and informed guide” (Financial Times) to the changes coming in the next ten years. He examines the fields that will most shape our economic future, including robotics and artificial intelligence, cybercrime and cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, and the impact of digital technology on money and markets. In each of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we have to adapt to the changing nature of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How can the world’s rising nations hope to match Silicon Valley with their own innovation hotspots? And what can today’s parents do to prepare their children for tomorrow?
Ross blends storytelling and economic analysis to show how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live. Sharing insights from global leaders—from the founders of Google and Twitter to defense experts like David Petraeus—Ross reveals the technologies and industries that will drive the next stage of globalization. The Industries of the Future is “a riveting and mind-bending book” (New York Journal of Books), a “must read” (Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America) regardless of “whether you follow these fields closely or you still think of Honda as a car rather than a robotics company” (Forbes).
Alec Ross
Alec Ross is one of America’s leading experts on innovation. He served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and serves as an advisor to investors, corporations, and government leaders. Ross lives in Baltimore with his wife and their three young children. He is the author of The Industries of the Future.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Very bad quality production, voice sounds cut and robotic. Could not listen to this audiobook.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The audio book quality is terrible. Can’t listen as it is stop start
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent view of the future. I don't agree with some views about China and the Caribbean but it is a good book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! I loved the approach he took towards the new technologies and the future of business, I loved learning how the world is changing and how we can adapt to the changes to come
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5If by the future he meant in 3 years - ok
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Powerful book. Very inspiring and relevant in this time. Yea
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5A wonderful analysis of a world that we dont live in.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best thing about this book is that it sees innovation and technology from all perspectives, the Government, Nations, Tomorrow's citizens and major geographic and religio- cultural zones....
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great insights for learning where the world is heading. However the book talks about some points as if they were the new trends to follow for many years. Since there is a bit of policy interwinded, in just a few years we have seen some of the trends take a diferent direction, China for example.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So thought provoking,a must read for any one interested in current education
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great wisdom for today and tomorrow. I’ll be staring my own start up sooner than later Thanks
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book. Must read for people of all age groups
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remarkable and thought provoking. Talking about Open vs closed systems, not all of the systems mentioned in the book are" open" that's my only caveat
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Interesting book but the audible recording is poor, the recording keeps stuttering making it almost impossible to listen to. Please rerecord or remaster
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book was able to achieve what many other books have tried so hard but to no avail.Which is to narrate such a complex subject matter in a simple and interesting manner.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a wonderful book. Very well written, the scope about the new era of great technology challenges are too good to miss and this book describes them all. I loved It
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great open minded outlook into the ever rapidly changing industries of the future!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Insightful, based on real life experiences to forward project the characteristics that will define the new winning industries of the future
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wealth of info about countries, people, companies around the globe to make arguments of future economic growth and the source of it. I taken s lot of practical notes.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slow start but from middle to end very interesting and thought provoking
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is a very detailed and informed way to explain how the world is changing and will change over the future. It has been for me very important to understand what I have to do in educating my two beautiful girls.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ross does a great job showing the evolution of technologies with case studies and interviews from those directly involved in the the growth of these industries. His firsthand experience at the State Dept provide an eye opening glimpse into the global world.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Rating this a two because even though I liked this book I don't know that I'd recommend it for the following reasons -1) It's five years old now, and the technology review the author provides in The Industries of the Future is somewhat dated. It would be astounding if it weren't, given how rapidly technology is changing.2) The author worked under Hillary Clinton at the State Department as a Senior Advisor for Innovation, so he's been well placed to observe and comment on advances in industries and technologies. The flip side of that though is that, at least in this book, he's provided a rose-colored view of the future through the lens of the US foreign policy establishment.3) There's a few things I see as misses - for example, there's some fantastic work going on right now in rocketry/space industry, including advances in mini-satellites, that is nowhere to be found in this book. Also, and perhaps this is a sign of the age of the book - the term "artificial intelligence" doesn't appear once in the book even though he spends quite a bit of time on "big data" and the associated analytics, i.e. AI. Artificial Intelligence is also a big part of advances in robotics, but again, in his discussion of robots his focuses on the potential for robots in human form, and doesn't discuss AI at all. 4)His intro says that he wants to write the book that will show young people entering the job market where the opportunities will be in the next 20 years, and I think he only partially achieved that. (His discussion of cybersecurity as a rapidly growing profession is right on).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The world is changing, and, in general, for the better. Global hunger and poverty are down, and opportunities are being extended to people and places that never had them before. But the technology that helps make all this happen also creates challenges. The jobs and industries of today are different from those of our parents' time, and those of the future will differ from the ones that exist now. The nations that once dominated the global economy no longer will, at least not to such a great extent. A global marketplace of goods, services, and ideas is emerging.
In this book, Alex J. Ross shares some of his observations as the former Senior Advisor for Innovation to the US Secretary of State (among other things). He tells us about Estonia, the little nation that could, and did. He talks about nations that could but didn't, held back by outdated notions of centralized control or repressive cultures. He talks about emerging nations in which simple access to cell phones and locally developed applications for them have created new opportunities for many people. He provides no in depth analysis for any of these, and his first-hand observations come across as little more than anecdotal (and carefully worded) accounts, but his general conclusions seem sound enough.
In this new world, developing, sharing, and using information is the key to success. Nations that provide broad access to education and modern, stable infrastructures, which empower their citizens and attract new businesses, will succeed. Those that fail to do so will not. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent book on the most promising industries that include robotics, genomics, cyber-security and analytics. For each industry, the book described the current state and challenges that will be facing us. For instance, robotics will lead more job losses, genomics will lead to the reappearance of extinct animals. Cybersecurity on how chinese are stolen intellectual properties for decades from western companies creating an new kind of wars between countries and companies!! And how analytics has been used in new zealand, Africa to transform agriculture. This books is full of facts not just ideas which further enforce the author thesis.