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Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years-for businesses, governments, and the global community-and how we can navigate them. While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's senior advisor on innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world-from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian war zones. From phone-charger stands in eastern Congo to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds. Over the past two decades, the internet has radically changed markets and businesses worldwide. In The Industries of the Future, Ross shows us what's next, highlighting the best opportunities for progress and explaining why countries thrive or sputter. He examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next ten years, including cybercrime and cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, and the coming impact of digital technology on money, payments, and markets. And 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 in creating their own innovation hotspots? Ross blends storytelling and economic analysis to give a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, incorporating the insights of leaders ranging from tech moguls to defense experts. The Industries of the Future takes the intimidating, complex topics that many of us know to be important and boils them down into clear, plain-spoken language. This is an essential work for understanding how the world works-now and tomorrow-and a must-listen for businesspeople, in every sector, from every country.

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Discerning insights on approaching changes to our economic and social landscapes and solid advice on how we should navigate them. --Kirkus Reviews This astute and enlightening book is generous with insight about what the future holds and how best to prepare for it. --Publishers Weekly A wide-ranging and smoothly written prospectus on the near future of innovation. It's a whirlwind tour, incisively covering economics, politics, cyberwarfare, genomics, and the complexities of Big Data--among many other things--in language for the layperson interested in what tomorrow could bring. --Booklist Asks big questions to help prepare us for the inevitable, and is an important read for everyone from businesspeople to parents to teachers. --TechRepublic How can we prepare our children--and ourselves--to succeed in a world of robotics, globalization, and digitally driven markets? In this valuable book, Alec Ross analyzes what it will take to survive and even thrive. The future is already hitting us, and Ross shows how it can be exciting rather than frightening. --Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators A brilliant, captivating description of the profound changes that will be ushered in byadvances in robotics, big data, and genomics - and of the implications of those developments for employment, wealth distribution, and global trade. Alec Ross combines an extraordinary understanding of future trends with an equally extraordinary ability to describe those trends and explain what they mean forthe world in the decades ahead. --General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute; former Commander of the Surge in Iraq and Director of the CIA A lucid and informed guide, even on the most technical issues. --Financial Times A riveting and mind-bending book. If you want to know how to survive and thrive in the fast-paced world of today and how to anticipate the opportunities of tomorrow's information age as well as how to solve big mysteries, this is a good place to start. --New York Journal of Books This book is a must read for the rising generation and their concerned parents and educators. Alec Ross brings a far-reaching perspective to bear in illustrating the opportunities to be seized in our changing world--across sectors and the globe--and the kind of preparation that will be important to make the most of them. --Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach For America and CEO of Teach For All It will likely be one of 2016's most talked about releases, and I predict will take its place alongside other classic tech-and-society books, like Tim Wu's Master Switch and Jonathan Zittrain's Future of the Internet. It's that good. His writing reveals not just where industries are heading, but where entire societies may end up as a result. This is important reading. Ross takes on an enormous challenge of making sense of how new technology is changing the world, and does so incredibly well, by any standard. --Medium The next 20 years are going to be even faster-moving and more transformative than the 20 we just lived through. Predicting exactly what is going to happen is impossible. But thinking systematically and strategically, as Alec Ross does here, about robotics, genomics, and the codification of everything is absolutely critical. Anyone who wants to understand the key forces that are shaping our economic, political, and social futures will benefit hugely from Ross's insights. --Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn A fascinating vision of the future of industry. The Industries of the Future reads like a portable TED conference at which you have been seated next to the smartest guy in the room. The book is filled with glimpses of cutting-edge biotech research, statecraft, and entrepreneurship. Ross writes engagingly, and the book should be compelling whether you follow these fields closely or you still think of Honda as a car rather than a robotics company. --Forbes In a world growing more chaotic, Alec Ross is one of those very rare people who can see patterns in the chaos and guidance for the road forward. He has an unusual diversity of expertise that allows him to apply multiple lenses to the world's challenges and dream up the kind of innovative solutions that are changing the world. --Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google and author of The New Digital Age

The next 20 years are going to be even faster-moving and more transformative than the 20 we just lived through. Predicting exactly what is going to happen is impossible. But thinking systematically and strategically, as Alec Ross does here, about robotics, genomics, and the codification of everything is absolutely critical. Anyone who wants to understand the key forces that are shaping our economic, political, and social futures will benefit hugely from Ross's insights. --Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn This astute and enlightening book is generous with insight about what the future holds and how best to prepare for it. --Publishers Weekly In a world growing more chaotic, Alec Ross is one of those very rare people who can see patterns in the chaos and guidance for the road forward. He has an unusual diversity of expertise that allows him to apply multiple lenses to the world's challenges and dream up the kind of innovative solutions that are changing the world. --Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google and author of The New Digital Age A fascinating vision of the future of industry. The Industries of the Future reads like a portable TED conference at which you have been seated next to the smartest guy in the room. The book is filled with glimpses of cutting-edge biotech research, statecraft, and entrepreneurship. Ross writes engagingly, and the book should be compelling whether you follow these fields closely or you still think of Honda as a car rather than a robotics company. --Forbes It will likely be one of 2016's most talked about releases, and I predict will take its place alongside other classic tech-and-society books, like Tim Wu's Master Switch and Jonathan Zittrain's Future of the Internet. It's that good. His writing reveals not just where industries are heading, but where entire societies may end up as a result. This is important reading. Ross takes on an enormous challenge of making sense of how new technology is changing the world, and does so incredibly well, by any standard. --Medium This book is a must read for the rising generation and their concerned parents and educators. Alec Ross brings a far-reaching perspective to bear in illustrating the opportunities to be seized in our changing world--across sectors and the globe--and the kind of preparation that will be important to make the most of them. --Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach For America and CEO of Teach For All A riveting and mind-bending book. If you want to know how to survive and thrive in the fast-paced world of today and how to anticipate the opportunities of tomorrow's information age as well as how to solve big mysteries, this is a good place to start. --New York Journal of Books A lucid and informed guide, even on the most technical issues. --Financial Times A brilliant, captivating description of the profound changes that will be ushered in byadvances in robotics, big data, and genomics - and of the implications of those developments for employment, wealth distribution, and global trade. Alec Ross combines an extraordinary understanding of future trends with an equally extraordinary ability to describe those trends and explain what they mean forthe world in the decades ahead. --General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute; former Commander of the Surge in Iraq and Director of the CIA How can we prepare our children--and ourselves--to succeed in a world of robotics, globalization, and digitally driven markets? In this valuable book, Alec Ross analyzes what it will take to survive and even thrive. The future is already hitting us, and Ross shows how it can be exciting rather than frightening. --Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators Asks big questions to help prepare us for the inevitable, and is an important read for everyone from businesspeople to parents to teachers. --TechRepublic A wide-ranging and smoothly written prospectus on the near future of innovation. It's a whirlwind tour, incisively covering economics, politics, cyberwarfare, genomics, and the complexities of Big Data--among many other things--in language for the layperson interested in what tomorrow could bring. --Booklist Discerning insights on approaching changes to our economic and social landscapes and solid advice on how we should navigate them. --Kirkus Reviews

"""A brilliant, captivating description of the profound changes that will be ushered in byadvances in robotics, big data, and genomics - and of the implications of those developments for employment, wealth distribution, and global trade. Alec Ross combines an extraordinary understanding of future trends with an equally extraordinary ability to describe those trends and explain what they mean forthe world in the decades ahead."" --General (Ret.) David H. Petraeus, Chairman, KKR Global Institute; former Commander of the Surge in Iraq and Director of the CIA ""A fascinating vision of the future of industry. The Industries of the Future reads like a portable TED conference at which you have been seated next to the smartest guy in the room. The book is filled with glimpses of cutting-edge biotech research, statecraft, and entrepreneurship. Ross writes engagingly, and the book should be compelling whether you follow these fields closely or you still think of Honda as a car rather than a robotics company."" --Forbes ""A lucid and informed guide, even on the most technical issues."" --Financial Times ""A riveting and mind-bending book. If you want to know how to survive and thrive in the fast-paced world of today and how to anticipate the opportunities of tomorrow's information age as well as how to solve big mysteries, this is a good place to start."" --New York Journal of Books ""A wide-ranging and smoothly written prospectus on the near future of innovation. It's a whirlwind tour, incisively covering economics, politics, cyberwarfare, genomics, and the complexities of Big Data--among many other things--in language for the layperson interested in what tomorrow could bring."" --Booklist ""Asks big questions to help prepare us for the inevitable, and is an important read for everyone from businesspeople to parents to teachers."" --TechRepublic ""Discerning insights on approaching changes to our economic and social landscapes and solid advice on how we should navigate them."" --Kirkus Reviews ""How can we prepare our children--and ourselves--to succeed in a world of robotics, globalization, and digitally driven markets? In this valuable book, Alec Ross analyzes what it will take to survive and even thrive. The future is already hitting us, and Ross shows how it can be exciting rather than frightening."" --Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators ""In a world growing more chaotic, Alec Ross is one of those very rare people who can see patterns in the chaos and guidance for the road forward. He has an unusual diversity of expertise that allows him to apply multiple lenses to the world's challenges and dream up the kind of innovative solutions that are changing the world."" --Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google and author of The New Digital Age ""It will likely be one of 2016's most talked about releases, and I predict will take its place alongside other classic tech-and-society books, like Tim Wu's Master Switch and Jonathan Zittrain's Future of the Internet. It's that good. His writing reveals not just where industries are heading, but where entire societies may end up as a result. This is important reading. Ross takes on an enormous challenge of making sense of how new technology is changing the world, and does so incredibly well, by any standard."" --Medium ""The next 20 years are going to be even faster-moving and more transformative than the 20 we just lived through. Predicting exactly what is going to happen is impossible. But thinking systematically and strategically, as Alec Ross does here, about robotics, genomics, and the codification of everything is absolutely critical. Anyone who wants to understand the key forces that are shaping our economic, political, and social futures will benefit hugely from Ross's insights."" --Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn ""This astute and enlightening book is generous with insight about what the future holds and how best to prepare for it."" --Publishers Weekly ""This book is a must read for the rising generation and their concerned parents and educators. Alec Ross brings a far-reaching perspective to bear in illustrating the opportunities to be seized in our changing world--across sectors and the globe--and the kind of preparation that will be important to make the most of them."" --Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach For America and CEO of Teach For All"

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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 Hillary Clinton, a role that earned him a Distinguished Honor Award from the State Department. 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.

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