Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By: Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis, Satya Nadella - introduction

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Today, technology is changing everything--how we relate to one another, the way we work, how our economies and goverments function, and even what it means to be human.

One need not look hard to see how the incredible advances in artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, biotechnologies, and the internet of things are transforming society in unprecedented ways. But the Fourth Industrial Revolution is just beginning, says Schwab. And at a time of such tremendous uncertainty and such rapid change, he argues it's our actions as individuals and leaders that will determine the trajectory our future will take. We all have a responsibility - as citizens, businesses, and institutions - to work with the current of progress, not against it, to build a future that is ethical, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous.

Drawing on contributions from 200 top experts in fields ranging from machine learning to geoengineering to nanotechnology, to data ethics, Schwab equips readers with the practical tools to leverage the technologies of the future to leave the world better, safer, and more resilient than we found it.

You know something's happening-this helps explain.

Future unfolding told with a a clear and practical point of view. Well conceived, detailed and explained in a way that makes compelling sense to witness history in the making. Highly recommended for those who sense the surging current of technology and need to know where its taking us with or with out us knowing.

Technocratic Guide to Marxism

It sounds warm fuzzy, and the reader gave a great performance.

But it was a painful sermon to guilt-trip leaders into redistributing wealth, reduce population in intelligent peoples. It's a great strategy to make us lazy and dependent on new technologies, and allow businesses to pay less to employees.

Prepare

No matter what just prepare for the future to be a poorly realized manifestation of this

Shows Schwabe in a good way.

Recommended reading for anyone who, like myself earlier, thinks Schwab is advocating some kind of world society control, or other "evil" things often attributed to him and the WEF. This book shows that he is in fact advocating the opposite: for people - everyone - to put effort in understanding new tech, and remain in control. He outlines the numerous ways new emerging tech can be misused by corporations and governments, and how government attempts to control such misuse are too slow for the pace of new tech development. He advocates caution before rushing to embrace into wide use tech such as VR/AR, AI and big data, or geoengineering, bringing up concerns about preserving healthy human interactions while using VR, preserving privacy in a world where Big Data can decypher anything about anyone, and preserving global nature in a world of both climate change and radical ideas about how to reverse it.

Solid insight into 4IR

Insightful coverage on the 4th industrial revolution. A splendid read book that gives a rather high level insight into the oportunities as well as threats of the 4IR.