The signals are talking : why today's fringe is tomorrow's mainstream
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New York : PublicAffairs, [2016].
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First edition.
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viii, 322 pages ; 25 cm
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Southside - Adult
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index.
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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? -- Adapted from dust jacket.

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