商品描述
As of January 2023, there are 5 billion users of the internet. People who use technology and want to know about it--in simple language, without jargon. Many of those nurture dreams and aspirations to be quicker, smarter and 'be the change.' We bring to them relatable stories of everyday users, understood by consumers and gadget freaks alike.
We start with the Internet of Things (IoT) and show how consumers are using smart devices that teach them to manage their homes, travel and lifestyle through their smartphones. We see how cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling them to give feedback to IoT devices, and extracting multiple services from household products like the humble LED light, or the refrigerator, or sophisticated jet engines, or combined harvesters. As devices turn smart and AI and robots enter our workspace they run the risk of being hacked. So techies developed the Blockchain, with encrypted text that would secure digital assets. But with it arrived cryptocurrencies that threaten to bring unprecedented speculation, money laundering and cyber crimes.
We also explore new opportunities in telehealth, distant education and metaworld, and the strides made in digital transformation that has, in less than five years, empowered over 2 billion people across the world, giving them access to cost effective banking, education, travel, energy, food and health services. But the same technologies are used to fight wars and disrupt supply chains that cause acute distress and worldwide recessions. The book is relevant because the changes happening now are not incremental but tectonic. This opens the door to a future that is more fascinating and threatening than fiction. Read on to find out more.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
截至2023年1月，全球有50億網路使用者。這些人使用科技並希望了解相關資訊——以簡單的語言，沒有行話。許多人懷抱著更快、更聰明以及「成為改變」的夢想與抱負。我們為他們帶來與日常使用者相關的故事，這些故事能夠被消費者和科技愛好者所理解。
我們從物聯網（Internet of Things, IoT）開始，展示消費者如何使用智能設備，透過智能手機學習管理他們的家庭、旅行和生活方式。我們看到雲端運算和人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）如何使他們能夠對IoT設備提供反饋，並從家庭產品中提取多種服務，例如普通的LED燈、冰箱、複雜的噴氣發動機或聯合收割機。隨著設備變得智能化，AI和機器人進入我們的工作空間，它們面臨被駭客攻擊的風險。因此，技術專家開發了區塊鏈（Blockchain），利用加密文本來保護數位資產。但隨之而來的加密貨幣卻威脅著帶來前所未有的投機、洗錢和網路犯罪。
我們還探索了遠程醫療、遠距教育和元宇宙（metaworld）中的新機會，以及在數位轉型方面所取得的進展，這在不到五年的時間內使全球超過20億人獲得了成本效益高的銀行、教育、旅行、能源、食品和健康服務。但同樣的技術也被用來打仗和擾亂供應鏈，造成嚴重的痛苦和全球經濟衰退。這本書之所以重要，是因為當前發生的變化不是漸進式的，而是構造性的。這為一個比虛構更迷人且更具威脅的未來打開了大門。繼續閱讀以了解更多。
作者簡介
Sandip Sen is an engineer with over 30 years of experience in the energy and the manufacturing industry. In 2008 he decided to switch careers and enter the field of journalism. Thereafter he worked in the national media including at The Indian Express and The Delhi Press Magazines as an Editor. He has written weekly columns for half a dozen leading business dailies and magazines and appears in national television. He has also written 3 books on economic governance of which one, ' India Emerging, From Policy Paralysis to Hyper Economics' published by Bloomsbury in 2019 has been co-authored with Aarohi Sen.
Aarohi Sen is an experienced thought leader at a leading global consultancy firm. He has been working on innovation in the future of IT and manufacturing for more than a decade. He is currently involved in managing a global research research team that develops economic models around themes of agile innovation, digital transformation and operational flexibility, and provides research insights into key client engagements. He has been writing for various global and in house publications for more than a decade.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Sandip Sen 是一位在能源和製造業擁有超過 30 年經驗的工程師。2008 年，他決定轉換職業，進入新聞領域。此後，他在國家媒體工作，包括擔任《印度快報》（The Indian Express）和《德里新聞雜誌》（The Delhi Press Magazines）的編輯。他為半打領先的商業日報和雜誌撰寫每週專欄，並出現在國家電視上。他還撰寫了三本有關經濟治理的書籍，其中一本《印度崛起：從政策癱瘓到超經濟》（India Emerging, From Policy Paralysis to Hyper Economics）於 2019 年由 Bloomsbury 出版，並與 Aarohi Sen 共同撰寫。
Aarohi Sen 是一家全球領先諮詢公司的資深思想領袖。他在 IT 和製造業的未來創新方面工作了十多年。目前，他負責管理一個全球研究團隊，該團隊圍繞敏捷創新、數位轉型和運營靈活性等主題開發經濟模型，並為關鍵客戶參與提供研究見解。他在各種全球和內部出版物上撰寫文章已超過十年。
