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Leading advancement expert Alec Ross points out what's next for the planet, mapping out the improvements and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next a decade - for businesses, governments, and the global community - and how exactly we can understand them. While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's mature advisor on advancement, he journeyed to 41 countries. He been to a few of the toughest places on the planet - from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian warfare zones. From phone-charger stands in Eastern Congo to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the near future holds. Over the past two decades, the Internet has radically modified markets and businesses worldwide. In The Industries of the Future, Ross shows us what's next, highlighting the best opportunities for improvement and explaining why countries prosper or sputter. He examines the precise fields that will most condition our financial future over the next a decade, including cybercrime and cybersecurity; the commercialization of genomics; the next phase for big data; and the arriving impact of digital technology on money, payments, and markets. And in each one of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we have to adapt to the changing dynamics of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How do the world's rising nations hope to match Silicon Valley in creating their own advancement hotspots? Ross mixes storytelling and financial analysis to give a stunning and informed point of view how sweeping global fads are impacting on the ways we live, making use of the insights of market leaders ranging from technology moguls to security experts. The Industries of the Future calls for the intimidating, intricate topics that many folks know to make a difference and comes them into clear, plain-spoken vocabulary. This is an essential work for understanding how the planet works - now and tomorrow - and a must-listen for businesspeople in every sector, from every country.
