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Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined. During the next decade, we will experience more upheaval and create more wealth than we have in the past hundred years. In this gripping and insightful roadmap to our near future, Diamandis and Kotler investigate how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact both our daily lives and society as a whole. What happens as AI, robotics, virtual reality, digital biology, and sensors crash into 3D printing, blockchain, and global gigabit networks? How will these convergences transform today’s legacy industries? What will happen to the way we raise our kids, govern our nations, and care for our planet?

Diamandis, a space-entrepreneur-turned-innovation-pioneer, and Kotler, bestselling author and peak performance expert, probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives—transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance—taking humanity into uncharted territories and reimagining the world as we know it. As indispensable as it is gripping, The Future Is Faster Than You Think provides a prescient look at our impending future.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Diamandis and Kotler have written a powerful and beautiful masterpiece outlining a compelling future for humanity. “The Future is Faster Than You Think” offers CEOs and entrepreneurs a clear vision on the transformation of every major industry this decade. Required reading for anyone who wants to surf above the tsunami of change.

Tony Robbins #1 New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, life and business strategist

The acceleration and convergence of exponential technologies will completely reshape every industry and society over the next decade. “The Future is Faster Than You Think” is the first book to thoroughly map this new territory. A fantastic guidebook for leaders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and anyone who wants to understand the massive changes ahead.

Ray Kurzweil a Director of Engineering, Google; Founder and Chancellor of Singularity University;
author of New York Times bestsellers “The Singularity is Near” and “How to Create a Mind”

In their amazing book “The Future Is Faster Than You Think,” Diamandis and Kotler offer us a hopeful and powerful vision of the future. Packed with amazing stories, mindblowing technology and deep lessons about all of the extraordinary opportunities before us—a must read!

Anousheh Ansari CEO, XPRIZE; First Private Female Astronaut

Exponential technologies will transform every industry this decade. In this book, Diamandis and Kotler provide a deep and thorough researched view of the road ahead. Every entrepreneur and leader needs to understand the transformation and opportunities to plan and prepare. The future is faster than you think.

Pharrell Williams Artist and Musician

WHAT’S COVERED IN THE BOOK

PART
1 The Power of Convergence

In “The Power of Convergence”, Diamandis and Kotler review the recent breakthroughs in topics like Transportation, Computation, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, Nanotechnology, Blockchain, and Biotechnology. Using this information, they describe the forces and new industries that will cause these technologies to converge, further accelerating the speed of technological acceleration.

PART
2 The Rebirth of Everything

“The Rebirth of Everything” contains a deep dive into the remarkable changes that are coming in the decades ahead. Diamandis and Kotler take an extensive look at how convergence and technological innovation will radically transform the entertainment, retail, advertising, education, healthcare, finance, insurance, real-estate, transportation, and agricultural industries.

PART
3 The Faster Future

In “The Faster Future”, Diamandis and Kotler expand upon Parts 1 and 2 by giving a detailed look at the impending threats and possible solutions humanity will face in the next century. They discuss the things like water shortages, climate crises, energy storage, technological unemployment, governance. In the final chapter, the authors argue that humanity will soon experience five major migrations: climate migration, relocation into urban centers, migration into virtual worlds, expansion into space, and assimilation into the meta-intelligence.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Peter H. Diamandis https://www.diamandis.com

Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. Diamandis is Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Human Longevity Inc., Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Singularity University, and Co-Founder/Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources. Diamandis is the New York Times Bestselling author of Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think. Diamandis’ mission is to open the space frontier for humanity. His personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself."

Steven Kotler https://www.stevenkotler.com

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. His books include The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer, West of Jesus and The Angle Quickest For Flight. His articles have appeared in over 75 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, Forbes and the Atlantic Monthly. He also writes "Far Frontiers," a blog about innovation and technology for Forbes, and "The Playing Field," a blog about the science of sport and culture for Psychology Today.

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The Future Is Faster Than You Think

is a blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption.