The signals are talking : why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream

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The signals are talking : why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream

Title remainder

why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream

Statement of responsibility

Amy Webb

Creator

• Webb, Amy, 1974-

Author

• Webb, Amy, 1974-

Subject

• Business forecasting
• Strategic planning
• Technological innovations

Language

eng

Summary

Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future. The Signals are Talking reveals a systematic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon--distinguishing what is a real trend from the merely trendy. This book helps us hear which signals are talking sense, and which are simply nonsense, so that we might know today what developments--especially those seemingly random ideas at the fringe as they converge and begin to move toward the mainstream--have long-term consequence for tomorrow. With the methodology developed here, we learn how to think like a futurist and answer vitally important questions: How will a technology--like artificial intelligence, machine learning, self-driving cars, biohacking, bots, and the Internet of Things--affect us personally? How will it impact our businesses and workplaces? How will it eventually change the way we live, work, play, and think--and how should we prepare for it now?

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

658.4/0355

Index

index present

LC call number

HD30.27

LC item number

.W39 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography