Eric Schmidt is one of the leading visionaries of our time. He has taken Google from a small start-up to one of the world’s most influential companies. In May 2013, in an event hosted by Intelligence Squared in partnership with TLG, he set out the themes of his new book The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, which he has co-authored with Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas. He discussed:
- new technologies that will change lives: information systems that increase productivity, thought-controlled motion technology that will revolutionise medical procedures, and near-perfect translation systems that will allow us to communicate with anyone on the planet.
- the threat to privacy and security: how much of these will we have to sacrifice to be part of the new digital age?
- the politics of the hyperconnected world: who will be more powerful, the citizen or the state?
- the threat of cyberterrorism: will technology increase or undermine our security?
Praise for The New Digital Age
‘In this fascinating book, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen show us a future of rising incomes, growing participation, and a genuine sense of community—if we make the right choices today’– Bill Clinton
‘At last, a brilliant guide book for the next century… This book is the most insightful exploration of our future world I’ve ever read, and once I started reading I was simply unable to put it down.’ – Richard Branson
‘This is the book I have been waiting for: a concise and persuasive description of technology’s impact on war, peace, freedom, and diplomacy.’ – Madeleine Albright
‘This is a book that defines both the nature of the new world which the internet is creating; and its challenges.’ – Tony Blair
