Book · 2016 · Industries
The industries of the future
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The industries of the future is a mostly is a fairly optimistic book it's not a utopian book it's not a bedwetting dystopian book.
The best things said about it
We start with a business book called The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross which is just what it sounds like.
By Industries of the Future just for those who haven't read your book yet its robotic cybersecurity genomics big data just anything where digital technology.
A big portion of The Industries of the Future is focused on improbable innovation.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
Why people recommend it
The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross is a forward-looking business and technology book examining the economic trends and technological shifts that will shape coming decades. Greg Cowles mentioned it on The Book Review during a non-fiction bestseller roundup, while Marshall Kosloff brought up the work on The Realignment in the context of national narratives. The a16z Podcast dedicated an entire episode to discussing the book with Alec Ross himself, where a host summarized its core subject areas as robotics, cybersecurity, genomics, big data, and other digital technologies. During the conversation, Ross characterized his writing as fairly optimistic rather than dystopian or utopian, emphasizing that a major portion of the book focuses on improbable innovation and how different nations adapt to emerging technological landscapes. A host also used the themes of the book to seek advice for parents navigating the future, and debated whether the volume might have appropriately been titled after nations rather than industries.
Every mention
Alec Ross yes so the the industries of the future is a mostly is a fairly optimistic book it's not a utopian book it'… 2
“yes so the the industries of the future is a mostly is a fairly optimistic book it's not a utopian book it's not a bedwetting dystopian book”
“and you know a big portion of the industries of the future is focused on improbable innovation”
Greg Cowles we start with a business book called the industries of the future by Alec Ross which is just what it sounds… 1
“we start with a business book called the industries of the future by Alec Ross which is just what it sounds like”
Marshall Kosloff especially given the context of your previous book to industry the future 1
“especially given the context of your previous book to industry the future”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
“yeah one of the things you know that really intrigues us about the topic of your book is we've covered a lot of different countries and experiences”
“and by industries of the future just for those who haven't read your book yet its robotic cybersecurity genomics big data just anything where digital technology”
“could you have called this book nations of the future instead of industries of the future I mean is it those nations who kind of grab on to the industries of the future that have a future”
“so Alec if if I'm a parent what do I want my kids to what can I do to help them in this future that you describe in your book”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“no i greatly appreciate that this this book the raging 2020s just published um and you know my prior work is the industries of the future”
“I'm Michael Copeland and today sonal and I are lucky to have Alec Ross with us on the podcast and Ross has a new book out industries of the future”
“the reason I wrote this book the reason I wrote the industries of the future comes from the experience of having grown up in a poor rural part of the United States West Virginia”