Best Books to Read in 2020
The obvious trends in 2020 are uncertainty and digitalization. What’s next?
We collected several books in which scientists and futurists reflect on what awaits us in the future and how artificial intelligence and the digital revolution will change the world.
What the Future Looks Like: Scientists Predict the Next Great Discoveries―and Reveal How Today’s Breakthroughs Are Already Shaping Our World, Jim Al-Khalili
What can anyone expect for mankind? Is teleportation possible (spoiler: yes)? What will transportation be, and what will happen if artificial intelligence takes over? Jim Al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist and popularizer of science. He has gathered the opinions of world specialists on what lies ahead of us. After all, only scientists can predict our future … right?
Seeing Digital: A Visual Guide to the Industries, Organizations, and Careers of the 2020s, David Moschella
The book paints a picture of a world with widespread use of machine intelligence. How will industries of business, organizations, professions transform? The author offers tools to choose the “right” digital position and prepare for the changes that will take place in the 2020s.
Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future, Jo Ito and Jeff Howie
The world is becoming more complex, technological change is growing exponentially, and everything from business to culture — from the public sphere to our personal lives — is changing. The book offers nine key principles to avoid being lost in the rapidly coming future.
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future, Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson
This book offers another study of the principles and trends behind the digital revolution that will shape the future. Will cars leave us unemployed? Will influential platforms control all economic decisions? Will we have less freedom in how and when to work, where to live, and who to communicate with?
