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A New Age of Reason
Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good
Larry Weber (Author), David Kirkpatrick (Foreword by)
9781394216604, Wiley
Hardback, published 29 July 2024
240 pages
23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm, 0.431 kg
Leverage technology to propel humankind toward a better future A New Age of Reason: Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good provides a roadmap for integrating emerging world-changing technologies, such as AI/robotics, chips/sensors, and quantum computing, to solve some of today’s thorniest and most pressing problems like climate change and world hunger. The author offers inspiring examples of companies using technology to positively impact humanity. The book provides an actionable playbook to transform your organization around this mission, including how to develop a tech for good strategy, how to evolve the C Suite to deliver on this mission, how to market it, as well as measure outcomes. The author also discusses the latest technology breakthroughs delivering positive world outcomes, such as: Bringing together a collective of major thinkers on this subject and providing guidance for a better future, A New Age of Reason: Harnessing the Power of Tech for Good is a timely read for all executive leaders seeking to harness the new wave of technology to solve key societal problems and have a positive impact on the world.
Foreword vii Introduction xi Part 1 Technology, Humanity, and a New Age of Reason 1 Chapter 1 A New Wave of Technology to Better Humanity 3 Chapter 2 Agtech and Deere: Tech for Good at Its Best 7 Chapter 3 Technology and the Planet 19 Chapter 4 Innovations for a Healthier Population 35 Chapter 5 Timing Is Everything 47 Part 2 The Potential for Great Leaps 57 Chapter 6 The Seventh Wave of Modern Computing 59 Chapter 7 AI Enriching the Human Experience 73 Chapter 8 Chips and Sensors Everywhere 87 Chapter 9 The Promise of Quantum Computing 97 Chapter 10 Sustainably Powering Our Future 111 Chapter 11 The Surging Biological Systems Wave 127 Chapter 12 Harnessing Technology’s Potential 141 Part 3 Humanity and Technology: The Path Forward 147 Chapter 13 Becoming a Tech for Good Organization 149 Chapter 14 Key Questions to Find Your Pathway 157 Chapter 15 Has Marketing Disappeared? 163 Chapter 16 Putting Innovations on the Path of Good 171 Chapter 17 A Time for Reason 187 Acknowledgments 193 About the Author 195 Notes 197 Index 215
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
