The Five Forces That Change Everything: How Technology is Shaping Our Future
- Length: 320 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Matt Holt
- Publication Date: 2021-08-10
- ISBN-10: 1953295045
- ISBN-13: 9781953295040
- Sales Rank: #675923 (See Top 100 Books)
As machines become capable of doing most of the work people have performed for centuries, we are headed for a massive social reorganization.
Nanotech is at the point where it’s possible to unleash invisible robots and new materials into the world that permanently alter life on Earth. With genetic engineering, we have taken evolution into our own hands, creating new species of plants and animals that never existed before. We’re developing AIs that can predict future events, create lifelike simulations, and learn from their own mistakes. And space technology is advancing toward the point where visiting other planets and discovering alien life forms will no longer be the stuff of science fiction.
In The Five Forces That Change Everything, Steve Hoffman, venture capitalist and CEO of Founders Space, takes you on a journey to see what the most brilliant minds of our age are dreaming up. Hoffman reveals how new scientific breakthroughs and business ventures are poised to reshape our lives and turn science fiction into fact. From Silicon Valley biohackers boosting their IQs to scientists in Japan creating lifelike robots, and Chinese labs developing human-monkey chimeras, Hoffman gives an inside look at the limits of what’s possible and the impact these developments will have.
Hoffman delves into the hard questions: Should we modify the genetic code of life to produce new crops, cures for cancer, and DNA-edited babies? Is it possible to preserve any privacy in a world with billions of surveillance devices, where every action we take is parsed, analyzed, and recorded in a database? What happens when AI reaches or exceeds the level of human intelligence? How would it feel to connect our brains directly to one another and exchange thoughts, memories, and emotions? And what does it mean to merge with our machines and establish a class of cyborgs?
Along the way, Hoffman shows how these innovations are part of the five fundamental forces driving humanity forward. Our creations not only have the power to enable humans to live longer, healthier, richer lives, but also the potential to permanently change—and even destroy—us. The decisions we make in the coming years will determine who and what the human race becomes.
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword by Dr. Steve Mann The Forces Force 1: Mass Connectivity The Neural Pioneers Neural Implants and Brain Chips Next-Gen Brain-Machine Interfaces Mind Assistants and Brain Applications Brain Hacking, Mind Control, and Mental Privacy The Next Wave of Virtual Reality Artificial Sensory Perception Is the World a Simulation? Hyperlayers: Augmented Reality Mixed Reality: Living a Multimodal Existence The Seventh Wave of Mass Connectivity Force 2: Bio Convergence Wetware Warriors: Biohackers on the Loose Grinders and Cyborgs Reshaping the Human Anatomy Smart Drugs, Energy Boosters, and Super Supplements Life Extension: The Epic of Gilgamesh The Global Impact of Life Extension Cryogenics, Rebirth, and Rabbit Brains The Clones Are Coming The Bionic Body The CRISPR Revolution Gene Drives Cow Cultures: Lab-Grown Meats DNA and Organic Computers Chimeras, Bioprinting, and Transgenic Life-Forms Genetic Imagineers: A Brave New World Force 3: Human Expansionism Quantum Computing The Birth of New Materials Nanoscale: Manipulating Molecules and Atoms Nanobots: Miniature Medical Machines Masters of the Universe or Mass Extinction? Mission to Mars Building an Interplanetary Ecosystem Space Pioneers and the Gold Rush The Space Economy Warp Drive: Far-Out Ideas Life on Other Planets Force 4: Deep Automation Smart Cities: Dreams of Magic Kingdoms Smart Governments Robo Cops: Autonomous Policing The State of Surveillance: AI Is Watching You AI Fortune-Tellers: The Prediction Machines Reinventing Education Algorithmic Art: Can AI Be Creative? Silicon Valley and the Future of Hollywood Lights-Out Factories and Supply Chain Automation Dr. Roboto: Smart Hospitals and Health Tech Algorithmic Agriculture Robots to the Rescue The Future of Work: A Jobless Society? Force 5: Intelligence Explosion Singularity: The Superintelligence Is Coming Can Machines Be Conscious? Society and Sentient Machines Humanoid Robots and Emotional Machines Can You Love a Robot? AI Bosses: Working for the Bot Self-Learning AIs and Evolutionary Robots AI Economies: The Centralization of Power Superintelligence: A Philosopher King in a Box Hatching Demons: Will AI Destroy Us? Merging with Our Machines Brain Net: Tapping the Subconscious Uploading Ourselves: Hyperconnected Realities Augmenting Our Senses: Neuroscience and Perception Organoids and Biological Super Brains The Coming of Super Sentience The Culmination of Forces Notes Index About the Author
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