🔬 Emerging Technologies

Explorations of the technologies poised to reshape our world — from AI and biotech to quantum computing — and the opportunities and risks they carry.

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Coming Wave

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Klaus Schwab • 2016

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

3.56

5k+

🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation ⚖️ Technology Ethics

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

by Klaus Schwab 2016

3.56

5k+ ratings

🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation ⚖️ Technology Ethics

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

by Peter H. Diamandis • 2020

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

4.13

5k+

🧬 Technology Convergence 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting ☀️ Tech Optimism

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

by Peter H. Diamandis 2020

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧬 Technology Convergence 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting ☀️ Tech Optimism

HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age

by Harvard Business Review • 2019

Platforms seize power, blockchain rewrites trust, AI learns to collaborate. HBR's briefing.

3.86

595

🧭 Technology Strategy 🔄 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai In Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration

HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age

Platforms seize power, blockchain rewrites trust, AI learns to collaborate. HBR's briefing.

by Harvard Business Review 2019

3.86

595 ratings

🧭 Technology Strategy 🔄 Digital Transformation 🤖 Ai In Business 🏗️ Platform Economics 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration

Quantum Marketing

by Raja Rajamannar • 2021

The marketing playbook died. A CMO's replacement runs on AI, brain science, and sensory design.

3.70

372

📊 Marketing Strategy 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Neuromarketing 🏗️ Brand Building

Quantum Marketing

The marketing playbook died. A CMO's replacement runs on AI, brain science, and sensory design.

by Raja Rajamannar 2021

3.70

372 ratings

📊 Marketing Strategy 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Neuromarketing 🏗️ Brand Building

The Industries of the Future

by Alec J. Ross • 2016

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

3.96

8k+

🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics 🧬 Precision Medicine

The Industries of the Future

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

by Alec J. Ross 2016

3.96

8k+ ratings

🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics 🧬 Precision Medicine

The Origins of Victory

by Andrew F. Krepinevich • 2023

Precision warfare gave America dominance. That revolution is over. The next one has already begun.

4.12

315

🔧 Military Innovation 🌍 Great Power Rivalry 💡 Disruptive Innovation 📜 Revolution In Military Affairs ⚖️ Deterrence Theory

The Origins of Victory

Precision warfare gave America dominance. That revolution is over. The next one has already begun.

by Andrew F. Krepinevich 2023

4.12

315 ratings

🔧 Military Innovation 🌍 Great Power Rivalry 💡 Disruptive Innovation 📜 Revolution In Military Affairs ⚖️ Deterrence Theory

Soonish

by Kelly Weinersmith • 2017

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

3.94

6k+

🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks 🎨 Science Comics

Soonish

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

by Kelly Weinersmith 2017

3.94

6k+ ratings

🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks 🎨 Science Comics

Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

by Arunkumar Krishnakumar • 2020

Quantum will break your encryption. Two technologies every business must understand before it does.

4.25

⚛️ Quantum Computing 🔗 Blockchain 🔐 Cryptography 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🔄 Digital Transformation

Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

Quantum will break your encryption. Two technologies every business must understand before it does.

by Arunkumar Krishnakumar 2020

4.25

4 ratings

⚛️ Quantum Computing 🔗 Blockchain 🔐 Cryptography 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🔄 Digital Transformation

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