The Exponential Age

By Azeem Azhar,

Book cover of The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society

Book description

*2021 Financial Times Best Book of the Year*


A bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effects


We are living in the first exponential age.

High-tech innovations are created at dazzling speeds; technological forces we barely understand…

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1 author picked The Exponential Age as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Tech analyst and investor Azeem Azhar concisely pulls together his take on how the arc of technology has moved from linear to exponential both in its development as well as its impact on society and business.

Azhar brings great insight into how exponential growth – creating an “exponential gap” – has put strains not only on businesses, but also on government and society writ large. 

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