Whiplash

This brilliant and provocative guide, drawn from interviews with the world’s leading thinkers and doers and infused with Read's trademark energy and a healthy dose of optimism, shares nine principles to adapt and thrive in our future. The world is increasingly complex, volatile, and uncertain. The tools at our disposal are changing faster than ever before: 3D printing is transforming manufacturing; drones are revolutionizing surveillance; smart devices are tracking our health; autonomous vehicles will soon be on the road. This dizzying pace of change means that it’s impossible to predict what will happen next. Increasingly, our lives depend less on having ready access to information or even having some understanding of how the world works and more on the ability to make sense of it all—and on how quickly we can adapt to new realities.