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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: future starts now
    sub title: expert insights into the future of business, technology and society
  name:
    name part: Priestley, Theo
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Williams, Bronwyn
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: EBSCOhost
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource ( x, 262 pages) :
  table of contents: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword by Darren Roos -- Foreword by Jon Christian -- Introduction -- Letters from the Editors -- haunted by hauntology -- the inertia of postalgia -- Part 1: Dark Mirrors -- Chapter 1: Start with Dystopia -- from eschatological beginnings to the singularity -- dystopian inspirations: black swans and elephants -- designing dystopias -- creating bigger stories -- a final word ... -- Chapter 2: Deep Sustainability -- Chapter 3: Information Overload -- Chapter 4: In Defence of Imperfect Information -- secrets and lies -- right to be forgotten -- social cooling -- the greater 'good' -- adverse selection -- margin is in the mystery -- the consensus -- there is magic in the mystery -- Part 2: A New World Requires New Thinking -- Chapter 5: The Revolution in Tech Requires a Revolution in Policy -- the exploded information sphere -- new sources of power -- networks not hierarchies -- Chapter 6: Casualties of War -- Chapter 7: A Foreshadow of the Future Economy -- foreshadowing our future economy -- the post-pandemic decade -- Chapter 8: The African Opportunity -- african resilience -- african innovation -- africa's population growth -- africa's secret weapon -- Chapter 9: No Money Beyond Mars -- Chapter 10: Flying into the Future -- but back to flying cars -- so, how are they doing then? -- how do we pick a winner? -- what about the market? -- Part 3: (In)human Capital -- Chapter 11: The Future of Education -- 'school is a place you go to get educated' -- 'the way it's always been' -- 'possible, plausible, probable and preferred futures' -- Chapter 12: The Psychology of Teams -- question everything -- the 'where' -- the 'when' -- the 'how' -- the 'why': Where is the heart? -- the 'who': Teams and individuals -- the magic: what makes some teams elite?
  table of contents: 10 steps to reduce your 'human debt' and build a future-proof work organization -- Chapter 13: We Welcome Our New Robot Overlords -- ai: the decision maker -- how can companies be structured around a machine who makes decisions at the top? -- valve corporation -- how does leadership style change in the face of intelligent automation? -- one ai to rule them all and in the darkness blind them -- Chapter 14: Everything is Connected -- faster, more complex, more connected, more dystopian? -- human data at scale -- focusing on what matters: tech humanism, not techno-solutionism -- watch out for absurdity -- we're all individuals, and we're not -- how do we go forward? -- a whole new view -- Chapter 15: Longevity is not the Game Changer, Retirement Is -- you will work until you die. here's how to make the best of it! -- 'the silver tsunami' will change the rules of the game: from retirement to pretirement -- retirement created old age -- not the other way around -- among cavemen, there were no retirees -- retirement was once a really, really good idea -- old age, shake your pants: we will break you! -- the future: rise of the rebels -- Part 4: Me, Myself and AI -- Chapter 16: Back to the Future (of Ourselves) -- virtual identity -- brain-machine interfaces and augmented humans -- rise of avatars and virtual humans -- synthetic robots -- in the future ... -- Chapter 17: Artificial Intelligence versus Natural Reasoning -- my future defined -- the stories we tell -- the narrative points to itself -- the all-seeing ai -- keep the dream alive -- Chapter 18: Keeping Up With The Cadavers -- the scientific intervention -- but what drives these techpreneurs to pour millions into amortality research? -- the social ripple effect -- amortality will not be equitable -- Chapter 19: Building an AR commons: Fixing the (Future) Operating System of Life.
  table of contents: Chapter 20: Homo Augeretis -- Part 5: Over The Horizon -- back from the future -- The Beginner's Guide to The Future -- About the Future Starts Now Foundation -- Find a Futurist -- Index.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Williams.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    topic: Economic forecasting
  subject:
    topic: Technological forecasting
  subject:
    topic: Business
    topic: Technological innovations
  subject:
    topic: Prévision économique
  subject:
    topic: Prévision technologique
  subject:
    topic: Affaires
    topic: Innovations
  subject:
    topic: Social forecasting, future studies
  subject:
    topic: Business & Economics
    topic: Development
    topic: Business Development
  subject:
    topic: Business & Economics
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Social Science
    topic: Future Studies
  subject:
    topic: Business
    topic: Technological innovations
  subject:
    topic: Economic forecasting
  subject:
    topic: Technological forecasting
  classification: HB3730 .P75 2021
  classification: 330.01/12
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)1155696635
  identifier: 1472981499
  identifier: 9781472981493
  identifier: 9781472981516
  identifier: 1472981510
  identifier: 9781472981509 hardcover
  identifier: 1472981502
  identifier: 9781472981516 codeMantra
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UKAHL
    record creation date: 201105
    record change date: 20250305154941.5
    record identifier: in00005644920
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng