The new digital age : reshaping the future of people, nations and business
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The new digital age : reshaping the future of people, nations and business
AUTHOR:
Schmidt, Eric, 1955-
Cohen, Jared, 1981-
ISBN:
9781848546219
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : John Murray, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-301) and index
ABSTRACT:
In collaboration, two leading global thinkers from in technology and foreign affairs from Google give readers their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected, a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness. With their combined knowledge and experiences, the authors are uniquely positioned to take on some of the toughest questions about our future: Who will be more powerful in the future, the citizen or the state? Will technology make terrorism easier or harder to carry out? What is the relationship between privacy and security, and how much will we have to give up to be part of the new digital age?
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Digital electronics -- Social aspects -- Forecasting |
| Digital electronics -- Political aspects -- Forecasting |
| Digital media -- Social aspects -- Forecasting |
| Digital media -- Political aspects -- Forecasting |
| Information technology -- Social aspects -- Forecasting |
| Information technology -- Political aspects -- Forecasting |
| Computers and civilization -- Forecasting |
| Technology and civilization -- Forecasting |
BIBSUMMARY:
In collaboration, two leading global thinkers from in technology and foreign affairs from Google give readers their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected, a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness. With their combined knowledge and experiences, the authors are uniquely positioned to take on some of the toughest questions about our future: Who will be more powerful in the future, the citizen or the state? Will technology make terrorism easier or harder to carry out? What is the relationship between privacy and security, and how much will we have to give up to be part of the new digital age?