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The New Digital Age
315 pages, 2013
The New Digital Age is an unprecedented collaboration: the product of one of Silicon Valley’s greatest innovators! In Schmidt, Gates, and Jobs we have seen three of the most powerful minds in technology.
And now, with Schmidt leading Google Ideas and Jared Cohen formerly advising Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, we see two men who see the future more vividly than ever before. From technologies that will change lives (information systems that greatly increase productivity and safety, thought-controlled motion technology that can revolutionize medical procedures, and near-perfect translation technology that allows us to have more diversified interactions) to our most important future considerations (curating our online identity, fighting those who would do harm with it) to widespread political change that will transform the globe.
Eric Schmidt paints a picture of a future where the internet is even more deeply integrated into our lives. He explores how it will shape everything from politics to personal relationships. It's a fascinating look into what could be just around the corner.
The book digs into how technology, especially the internet, has changed and will continue to change society. It's not just about gadgets and apps, but how these tools are reshaping the way we live, work, and interact.
Schmidt takes a hard look at how governments are struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change. He discusses the challenges they face in regulating and controlling the digital world, and the potential consequences if they fail.
In The New Digital Age, you'll find a deep exploration of the power of data. Schmidt shows how it's not just about collecting information, but how we use it that matters. He discusses the potential for both good and harm, and the importance of ethical data use.
Schmidt also addresses the digital divide - the gap between those who have access to technology and those who don't. He explores the potential consequences of this divide, and how we can work to bridge it. It's a crucial issue that we all need to understand better.
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The New Digital Age offers a profound and insightful vision of the future. Schmidt and Cohen blend the technical and the human, the scientific and the political, in ways that are rarely seen.
Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook FounderThis is a book that defines both the nature of the new world which the Internet is creating, and its challenges. It describes a revolution in the making and its implications.
Henry Kissinger - Former US SecretaryIn this fascinating book, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen draw upon their unique experiences to show us a future of rising Internet empowerment, privacy loss, and huge potential for good or ill.
Tony Blair - Ex-UK Prime MinisterThe New Digital Age is a guide to the future written by two experts who possess a profound understanding of humanity's altered prospects in a wireless world.
Madeleine Albright - Former US DiplomatRecommendations
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