Foreword viiiPreface xIntroduction xvSuggested Reading xxxPart I Important Technologies You Cannot Ignore 1Chapter 1 Foundational Technologies 7Chapter 2 Enabling Technology 43Chapter 3 Consumer-Facing Hardware Technologies 77Chapter 4 Important Uses of Technologies You Cannot Ignore 97Part II The Impact and Implications on Humanity of Disruptive Technologies 137Chapter 5 Reinventing the Economy 141Chapter 6 Reinventing Work 171Chapter 7 Reinventing Education 197Chapter 8 Reinventing Information and Communication 207Chapter 9 Reinventing Control 227Chapter 10 Reinventing the Planet 247Chapter 11 Reinventing Humans and Humanity 263Chapter 12 Technology Reinventing Itself 279Chapter 13 Key Influencers on Frontier Technologies 295Part III Final Thoughts 327Chapter 14 Ethics and Policy 329Chapter 15 Conclusion 339Chapter 16 Final Word 351About the Authors 355Index 357
DANIEL DOLL-STEINBERG, after a career in the early days of global derivatives technology industry, he created one of the first global standards for digital rights management, securing and delivering activation keys and content direct to customers, which helped transform the software industry. Specializing in disruptive technologies, he focused on Blockchain and AI, investing in and transforming real world products and companies with these transformative technologies and in 2017 cofounded the Atari Token Metaverse project. Daniel was appointed by the European Commission, and then the UK government, an expert advisor specializing in education, growth, disruption, and Future of Work policy.STUART LEAF started his career at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs. He held senior positions in smaller real estate, private equity, and asset management firms, before co-founding Cadogan Management, a Fund of Hedge Funds, in 1994. Investing around the world in a range of different strategies, including a significant exposure to technology, he and his partners grew the funds to $7.5 billion in assets.