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The Industries of the Future

Alec J. Ross · 320 pages · 2016

rated 3 out of 5read august 2021

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The 3 core ideas of the book:

  1. A picture of how the future industries look like from a more political point of view
  2. A good section on what is blockchain and its potential role in the finance sector
  3. Robotics, Codification of money & trust and Cybersecurity looks promising; discussion around the geography of future innovation hubs

I was curious to get a picture of how big politicians see the future technologies and what’s their view of disruptive/promising trends in different sectors.

I didn’t like the book to be honest, maybe because I don’t like politics very much. But anyway it was not a bad read since there were some quotes from some interesting people like Jack Dorsey or Mark Andreessen or the President of Estonia…

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