Augmented, Brett King
Augmented, Brett King
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Augmented
Life in The Smart Lane

Author: Brett King, Andy Lark, Alex Lightman, JP Rangaswami

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged: 12 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/15/2017


Synopsis

The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250-year-long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work, and the way we interact. The coming Augmented Age, however, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled. While consumers today are camping outside of an Apple store waiting to be one of the first to score a new Apple Watch or iPhone, the next generation of wearables will be able to predict if we're likely to have a heart attack and recommend a course of action. We watch news of Google's self-driving cars, but don't likely realize this means progressive cities will have to ban human drives in the next decade because us humans are too risky.

Following on from the Industrial or Machine Age, the Space Age and the Digital Age, the Augmented Age will be based on four key disruptive themes—Artificial Intelligence, Experience Design, Smart Infrastructure, and HealthTech. Historically the previous "ages" bought significant disruption and changes, but on a net basis jobs were created, wealth was enhanced, and the health and security of society improved. What will the Augmented Age bring? Will robots take our jobs, and AI's subsume us as inferior intelligences, or will this usher in a new age of abundance?

Augmented is a book on future history, but more than that, it is a story about how you will live your life in a world that will change more in the next twenty years than it has in the last 250 years. Are you ready to adapt? Because if history proves anything, you don't have much of a choice.

About Brett King

Brett King is a four-time Amazon bestselling author, a renowned commentator, and globally respected speaker on the future of business. He has spoken in over forty countries, to half a million people, on how technology is disrupting business, changing behavior, and influencing society. He has spoken at TED conferences, given opening keynotes for Wired, Singularity University's Exponential Finance, and the Economist. He has visited the White House to advise the National Economic Council on the Future of Banking and been invited to meet with regulators from the United States, China, the European Union and the World Bank. King hosts "Breaking Banks," the world's leading dedicated radio show on technology impact in banking and financial services (seventy-two countries, 1 million listeners). He is also the founder of Moven, the world's first mobile, downloadable bank account. This successful mobile start-up, which has raised over US $24 million to date, is available in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chi on July 27, 2022

This book was written in 2015, and due to the fast development of technology, a lot of information therein is outdated at the time of my reading (2022). Some predictions came true (cashless payment, restructuring of the banking industry, hyper-targeting advertising…), but many didn’t, at least not w......more

Goodreads review by Simon on February 27, 2019

Synopsis: Future is here, self driving cars, people that enhance themselves in many ways, solar and storage, privacy is dead (but it’s good, lol), blockchain, gig work and Uber, life expectancy, direct carbon capture, etc. Impressions: Meh. All stuff I knew. But his spin is way too much positive, an......more

Goodreads review by Dani on December 13, 2017

Struggled between giving this a 3 or 4 star. It started out with a good overview of the subject material. Provided good historical detail on AI and machine learning. Also, looking at different domains (such as finance, health, and transportation) and how AI is and will continue to revolutionize thes......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 15, 2019

This is an interesting look at how technology had and will continue to change the world. The author many times talks about future predictions as of they have already happened. I can see many things mentioned happing in the future, but I would still avoid using the phrase "in the future you will..."......more

Goodreads review by Jerome on September 19, 2016

An excellent overview of new and forthcoming changes in technology and their expected social impact. The book is an excellent starting point for those wishing to learn about forthcoming technological changes and their social impact. There are no technical details but is general overview of the techno......more