Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Summary
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other， to the work we do， the way our economies work， and what it means to be human。 We cannot let the brave new world that technology is currently creating simply emerge。 All of us need to help shape the future we want to live in。 But what do we need to know and do to achieve this？
In Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution， Klaus Schwab explores how people from all backgrounds and sectors can influence the way that technology transforms our world。 Drawing on contributions by more than 200 of the world's leading technology， economic and sociological experts to present a practical guide for citizens， business leaders， social influencers and policy-makers this book outlines the most important dynamics of the technology revolution， highlights important stakeholders that are often overlooked in our discussion of the latest scientific breakthroughs， and explores 12 different technology areas central to the future of humanity。
Emerging technologies are not predetermined forces out of our control， nor are they simple tools with known impacts and consequences。 The exciting capabilities provided by artificial intelligence， distributed ledger systems and cryptocurrencies， advanced materials and biotechnologies are already transforming society。 The actions we take today - and those we don't - will quickly become embedded in ever-more powerful technologies that surround us and will， very soon， become an integral part of us。
By connecting the dots across a range of often-misunderstood technologies， and by exploring the practical steps that individuals， businesses and governments can take， Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution helps equip readers to shape a truly desirable future at a time of great uncertainty and change。
In Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution， Klaus Schwab explores how people from all backgrounds and sectors can influence the way that technology transforms our world。 Drawing on contributions by more than 200 of the world's leading technology， economic and sociological experts to present a practical guide for citizens， business leaders， social influencers and policy-makers this book outlines the most important dynamics of the technology revolution， highlights important stakeholders that are often overlooked in our discussion of the latest scientific breakthroughs， and explores 12 different technology areas central to the future of humanity。
Emerging technologies are not predetermined forces out of our control， nor are they simple tools with known impacts and consequences。 The exciting capabilities provided by artificial intelligence， distributed ledger systems and cryptocurrencies， advanced materials and biotechnologies are already transforming society。 The actions we take today - and those we don't - will quickly become embedded in ever-more powerful technologies that surround us and will， very soon， become an integral part of us。
By connecting the dots across a range of often-misunderstood technologies， and by exploring the practical steps that individuals， businesses and governments can take， Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution helps equip readers to shape a truly desirable future at a time of great uncertainty and change。
Reviews
Sakib Ahmed
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Great messages but very slow
Morris Adato
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The book makes a detailed case for technology that is already here and extends to the logical impact on society。 My book Witness to Innovation/Stories from the analog back roads to the digital highway in a way is a precursor。
Jack Stevens
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Good introduction and broad overview。 Conclusion had lots of good takeaways and insights。 Bit of a slow read， but that didn’t really bother me。
Joshua Mirabella
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Painted the potential of emerging technologies in an inspirational light while highlighting the importance of intentionality in technology design and application。 Informative， well-organized， and hopeful。
Terrance
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Lost a couple IQ points reading this garbage
Lütfi Dereli
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İlk kitabından farklı olarak （Dördüncü Sanayi Devrimi） bu kitapta dördüncü sanayi devriminin olası etkilerini Dünya Ekonomik Forumunda gerçekleştirilmiş araştırma ve anket sonuçlarına göre kantitatif bir şekilde raporlar sunarak okuyucunun gelecekte yaşanacak değişimleri görmesi sağlanmıştır。 İlk kitapta dördüncü sanayi devrimine genel bir bakış açısı ile yaklaşan Schwab， bu kitabında sanayi devriminin olası etkileri ve yapılması faydalı olabilecek senaryolara kitabında yer vermiştir。 Geleceğe h İlk kitabından farklı olarak （Dördüncü Sanayi Devrimi） bu kitapta dördüncü sanayi devriminin olası etkilerini Dünya Ekonomik Forumunda gerçekleştirilmiş araştırma ve anket sonuçlarına göre kantitatif bir şekilde raporlar sunarak okuyucunun gelecekte yaşanacak değişimleri görmesi sağlanmıştır。 İlk kitapta dördüncü sanayi devrimine genel bir bakış açısı ile yaklaşan Schwab， bu kitabında sanayi devriminin olası etkileri ve yapılması faydalı olabilecek senaryolara kitabında yer vermiştir。 Geleceğe hazır olmanın， günümüzde yaşanan irili ufaklı değişimleri fark edebilmekte gizli olduğunu söyleyen Schwab， gerek bireysel gerekse iş dünyasının bu süreçte alması gereken dersleri açıkça ortaya koymuştur。 。。。more
Neil Doherty
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slooow intro， won’t buy。
Neil Johnstone
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I got the through Amazon Library so hadn't read the more popular original。 I found the book very interesting and all the talk of new industries and the importance of educating up the next generation。 Because it covers so many aspects AI， VR， AR， Cyber Risks， Quantum Computing， Geoegineering Multi-stakeholders， International Consensus of Space Travel etc。 Some are a bit light but usually give authors or papers that focus on those issues。 The Fourth Industrial is a truly fascinating concept and wi I got the through Amazon Library so hadn't read the more popular original。 I found the book very interesting and all the talk of new industries and the importance of educating up the next generation。 Because it covers so many aspects AI， VR， AR， Cyber Risks， Quantum Computing， Geoegineering Multi-stakeholders， International Consensus of Space Travel etc。 Some are a bit light but usually give authors or papers that focus on those issues。 The Fourth Industrial is a truly fascinating concept and will be interesting to see it develop。The only part that made me not be able to give it 5 stars was the nonsense of diversity and getting every in the world getting the same opportunities， which is just complete bollocks。 He complains that the first industrial revolution forced women in the home and then when they got into the workforce it was very difficult and challenging。 Failing to mention the men that were killing themselves to make society more and more safe and comfortable， it's so pathetic。 Also the nonsense of we need more women in STEM， if they don't want to be there it isn't going help。 Then making sure technologies don't discriminate against the BAME communities， if I want to read hogwash I just read the BBC website。 So that was annoying but only a small part， thankfully。 But would recommend and it make we want to reread Brave New World， haha。 。。。more
Diogo Gonçalves
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Well written and organized， detailing the various parts that must be put in consideration when implementing society-changing tecnologies and so on。 Unfortunaly some parts are left asking for some more deep explanation。
Terng
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โลกอนาคตที่เกิดขึ้นแล้วในปัจจุบัน หลาย ๆ อย่างไม่เคยรู้มาก่อนว่าเทคโนโลยีปัจจุบันทำได้แล้ว และสะท้อนให้เห็นถึงโลกอนาคตที่จะเปลี่ยนไปซึ่งจะกระทบทั้งการทำงาน การแพทย์ การศึกษา และระบบอื่น ๆ อีกมากมาย เปิดโลกและมุมมองต่อเทคโนโลยี
anna b
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This book is more technical than the previous one and to be fair， I didn't have the attention span for it。 This book is more technical than the previous one and to be fair， I didn't have the attention span for it。 。。。more
Todd Cheng
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This author is usually better。 I was not impressed and I lacked good passages to quote of enjoy。
Turk Warut
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หนังสือแนววิชาการ มีศัพท์เฉพาะทางเยอะ เพราะตีพิมพ์จาก World Economic Forum ลองอ่านแบบไม่ต้องเข้าใจความคำศัพท์อะไรเยอะ แค่จับประเด็นหลัก ก็จะเข้าใจมุมมองและสิ่งใหม่ที่กำลังเกิดในอนาคตอันใกล้นี้ครับ
Andy Bintoro
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Many things is a repetitive content from the previous book by the same author。 I would said this book explained anything in I4 from ethics， technologies， and what should be our response in I4， but the explanation only in the surface。
Ietrio
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You have to admire the scholastic qualities of bureaucratic texts and the precision with which they can classify and order seemingly useless events。 These are the people whose only skill is scamming those who can work and produce something useful。
José Luis
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Um livro estratégico sobre a chamada quarta revolução industrial。 Faz uma análise muito interessante e sistêmica sobre os impactos sociais， econômicos e ambientais das principais tecnologias habilitadoras da 4RI。 Algumas tecnologias já estão disponíveis e avançando， outras estão ainda na infância。 Tem muita informação， gráficos comparativos e uma vastíssima lista bibliográfica。 Vale a leitura， se você se interessa por tecnologia。 Em tempo， eu não li o livro anterior do Karl Schwab， A quarta revo Um livro estratégico sobre a chamada quarta revolução industrial。 Faz uma análise muito interessante e sistêmica sobre os impactos sociais， econômicos e ambientais das principais tecnologias habilitadoras da 4RI。 Algumas tecnologias já estão disponíveis e avançando， outras estão ainda na infância。 Tem muita informação， gráficos comparativos e uma vastíssima lista bibliográfica。 Vale a leitura， se você se interessa por tecnologia。 Em tempo， eu não li o livro anterior do Karl Schwab， A quarta revolução industrial （e acho que não perdi nada） 。。。more
Евгений Черный
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Автор - основатель всемирного экономического форума в Давосе。 Он рассказывает про те технологии， которые сейчас производят революцию во всех сферах человеческой жизнедеятельности。 Это такие вещи， как блокчейн， квантовые вычисления， интернет вещей， искусственный интеллект и роботизация， 3d печать， био и нейротехнологии， VR и AR， геоинженерия и многое другое （не всё перечислил）。Но будучи экономистом и основателем всемирного форума， автор основной упор делает на коллективную ответственность человеч Автор - основатель всемирного экономического форума в Давосе。 Он рассказывает про те технологии， которые сейчас производят революцию во всех сферах человеческой жизнедеятельности。 Это такие вещи， как блокчейн， квантовые вычисления， интернет вещей， искусственный интеллект и роботизация， 3d печать， био и нейротехнологии， VR и AR， геоинженерия и многое другое （не всё перечислил）。Но будучи экономистом и основателем всемирного форума， автор основной упор делает на коллективную ответственность человечества за то， как все эти технологии и инновации будут использоваться в будущем。 Поэтому мне было очень интересно читать。 Ведь я никогда даже не смотрел на все эти вещи с такой точки зрения。 。。。more
Alec Messino
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Interesting peek at the 12 technologies emerging in this “fourth revolution” and how the markets for each have been evolving （space technologies， bioengineering， neuroscience， AI， etc）。 Only resentment is that instead of diving deeper into the technologies themselves， the author chose to outline to values surrounding each。
Daniel
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This is a follow up book on the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Schwab， founder of the World Economic Forum。 Frankly I find the website and it’s many su groups much more interesting than his books。 Maybe it’s because he tries to summaries all those interesting articles into a single Manual of Survival in the 4th Age。。。 He argues that it is important for governments， industries and individuals to think of Systems when building the structure of the 4th Industrial Revolution。 It reads like a typica This is a follow up book on the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Schwab， founder of the World Economic Forum。 Frankly I find the website and it’s many su groups much more interesting than his books。 Maybe it’s because he tries to summaries all those interesting articles into a single Manual of Survival in the 4th Age。。。 He argues that it is important for governments， industries and individuals to think of Systems when building the structure of the 4th Industrial Revolution。 It reads like a typical MBA textbook。 The Revolution must have the following:1。 Benefits must be distributed fairly， and externalities managed。 It must be human led。 2。 System， empowerment， design and value minded。 3。 Keep up with development to connect the dots; these industries scale exponentially and disrupts。 4。 All technologies are political， and shape society which in turn shapes it。 We must find the inherent value of them and influence its development。 5。 Collaboration with multiple shareholders are essential: government， business， academia， civil societies， and the young。 6。 Blockchain allows distributed authentication。 Lack of inter-blockchain standard， physical goods tagging， legality are all huge problems。 7。 Internet of things will enhance human interaction with things which will get better。 Privacy， ownership of the data， and meaningful analysis are all concerns。 The biggest impact is loss of jobs。 8。 Data ethics and cyber risks are going to be critical。 9。 AI and robotics will improve decision and create value， but displaced millions of jobs。 10。 Advanced material and nanotechnology will improve our lives。 The unforeseen impact remains to be seen。 11。 3D printing will promote re-shoring and developing countries may now never get out of poverty。 12。 Biotechnology and neurotechnology will improve our health and mind， but raise ethical concerns。13。 Augmented reality and virtual reality will improve experience but may be too addictive， eventually make is lose reality a la Matrix the movie。 14。 Renewable energy will become ever more important; massive disruption to fossil fuel counties will ensue and risks mitigated。 15。 Geoengineering such as carbon absorption towers， sky nanoparticles， and sunlight reflectors in space may solve the warming problem but create unforeseen new problems。 16。 Space technology is the last frontier and cooperation。 Ok I told you this book is as dry as the last one。 But since our leaders will keep talking about this book， it’s like a compulsory subject in school。。。 。。。more
Guthrie C。
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A must read for any citizen or societal leader who cares about employing emerging technologies to make the world a truly improved place for future generations。 The book provides a great analytical foundation， practical summaries of key tech， and an action plan for all。
May Ling
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I'm not a fan of this book， but my reasons differ。 Some are not fans because they believe he's wrongly stated when the technologies were brought into existance。 I'm less of a critique there as I think that's not his point。 Others are upset with the formulation of his argument。 Here I do have some similarities in my concerns。 He's arguing that we are in the Fourth Industrial Wave of Revolution。 He believes that something distinctive is happening and there is a change。 This change， however is very I'm not a fan of this book， but my reasons differ。 Some are not fans because they believe he's wrongly stated when the technologies were brought into existance。 I'm less of a critique there as I think that's not his point。 Others are upset with the formulation of his argument。 Here I do have some similarities in my concerns。 He's arguing that we are in the Fourth Industrial Wave of Revolution。 He believes that something distinctive is happening and there is a change。 This change， however is very loosely defined relative to specific machines which are more integrated into life。 He then structures each paragraph as a discussion surrounding the potentiality of machines。 Ultimately he argues that what must happen is greater governance and value integration in the machines themselves。Early on in the book （I read on cell phone， so don't have page numbers） he talks about the idea that machines and systems need to go together。 "By systems， we mean the norms， rules， expectations， goals， institutions and incentives that guide our behavior every day as well as the infrastructure and flows of material and people that are fundamental to our economic and political lives。" His point is that machines drive these together for progress。 This to me is a "kind of。" He drops this understanding throughout the rest of the book in a meaningful way and， IMO misses the point。 The machines don't drive this， they are complementary to it。 I think he needs more thinking here。 Relative to the work I'm doing for my research， I place systems as completely separate， define it more tightly and then talk about it relative to different types of innovation， not all of which are related to machines。 I think because this book is so Industrial/machine based， the book fails to expand this point and therefore comes apart for a lot of people in its ability to argue cogently。 So， right here， in the early chapters is the error in argument that then strings throughout the entire book。For example， he then argues that the problems it that we:1） Systems not technologies。 Focus on the systems， not the technologies --- you mean， like we should focus on everything else？ How so？ Isn't that hte opposite of focus？2） Empowering not determining - technology can be controlled and we need to value human decision making。 We should design systems that give people more choices。 hmmm。。。 it's a little loosy goosey。 I think we design stuff that solves a problem。 If that's the case， how do you then force people to add choice in there if it's not a part of what matters。 It's just awkward as an argument。3） By Design， not default - The idea is that we should be thoughtful about the bigger picture with technology。 I have no idea how he's thinking about this？ Do you mean a corporation？ I think most innovators are designing for a specific purpose。 To then ask them to take the entire world into perspective is。。。。 well， odd。4） Value as a feature not as a bug。 I have no idea where he's at？ Is he thinking about a specific design issue？ I mean， most design issues or innovations are to solve something and that solving is valuable。 It's just really hard to tell who he's speaking to that he's got a beef with。 Is it specific innovators who are just trying to make stuff that improves stuff？ And it is for this reason that by the end of the book， the conclusions are confusing？"。。。Taking a stand on values and their relationship to technology is where conviction is put into action。 Creating a creed for compliance with values set by an organization can be tremedously helpful。 Developing a code of ethics or simply an organizational narrative， to reinforce a purposeful， values-based approach to technology can help determine the culture of a company or organization， or even an entire profession or sector。"It's not that it's totally off the board。 There are many ways to think of governance of machines。 For example， rules of the road are definitively one form of governance。 My issue is more that it's a bit of a misleading sort of way to think about it。We govern the cars use。 We do not govern the actual creation of the innovation itself。 There is no distinction here and if anything the Fourth Industrial Revolution might serve incorrectly to narrow who gets to participate and what types of innovation are allowed。 So I hate it on principal。Finally， what I gathered is that this book is written for big think tanks that wax philosophy about how technology should affect all of society。 There might be very small nuggets to pull for an extremely large corporation。 But even the I'm not sure that these thing are truly helpful。 and also， I think they lead toward a narrowing of how you go about innovating， not a broadening or an improvement。 The book comes to a conclusion， which the author doesn't appear to really appreciate is fear based。 We must control or guide that which is happening。 That's totally what you do if you are afraid that others just don't "know better。" Dude。。。 they are inventors creating AI， I think that's the l east of your concerns and certainly there's no panel that should tell them whats what。 I think it's a tough sell， but it turns out that the masses really like it， so 3 stars。 。。。more
Pavel Annenkov
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О чем книга в целом。 Страшная сказка о том， как меняются технологии и фантазии автора по поводу того， к чему это может привести。 Книга написана ужасно。 Со слов автора видно， что всё сложно， но что с этим делать непонятно。 Никаких конкретных предложений от Шваба нет。 Только лозунги。 Несвязанные факты надерганы из разных областей развития технологий， а единой картины нет。 И конечно нельзя же писать таким казенным и формальным языком。 Такое ощущение， что книгу писал плохой искусственный интеллект）Г О чем книга в целом。 Страшная сказка о том， как меняются технологии и фантазии автора по поводу того， к чему это может привести。 Книга написана ужасно。 Со слов автора видно， что всё сложно， но что с этим делать непонятно。 Никаких конкретных предложений от Шваба нет。 Только лозунги。 Несвязанные факты надерганы из разных областей развития технологий， а единой картины нет。 И конечно нельзя же писать таким казенным и формальным языком。 Такое ощущение， что книгу писал плохой искусственный интеллект）Главные выводы из книги。Мы продолжаем решать проблемы XXI века методами XX и даже XIX веков。 С таким подходом мы точно не найдем ответы на главные вопросы нашего времени。Каждое усложнение технологий и окружающего мира всегда приводило к усилению неравенства。 В это раз происходит так же и вряд ли что то изменится。 Посмотрите， например， рост Amazon。 На эту тему отлично написал Wil Durant в книге "The Lessons of History"。 。。。more
Нестор
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Неплохое расширение первой книги автора。 Оптимизма побольше， конкретики поменьше， стратегический характер книги поглубже。Пожалуй， стоит читать стратегам и не стоит читать ожидающим пошаговые рекомендации как жить в мире Индустрии 4。0 и четвёртой промышленной революции， хотя некая попытка дать такие авторами и сделана。Работа с источниками авторами проведена на традиционно высоком уровне。Особо впечатлил этический анализ проблематики новых технологий。 Он в подобной литературе встречается не так час Неплохое расширение первой книги автора。 Оптимизма побольше， конкретики поменьше， стратегический характер книги поглубже。Пожалуй， стоит читать стратегам и не стоит читать ожидающим пошаговые рекомендации как жить в мире Индустрии 4。0 и четвёртой промышленной революции， хотя некая попытка дать такие авторами и сделана。Работа с источниками авторами проведена на традиционно высоком уровне。Особо впечатлил этический анализ проблематики новых технологий。 Он в подобной литературе встречается не так часто， как должен был бы。Также книга содержит ряд идей， которые очень быстро можно реализовать для себя， своего окружения и предприятия。Рекомендую。 。。。more
Emma Sands
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Well worth the read - engrossing and very educational。 Going through the podcast also related with this and produced by WEF， and find it give us a clear vision of what to expect， and what we need to do， to make sure current and future technologies land well and benefit us all。
Jim Lavis
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I’m shocked！ This book is so poorly written， and the content and logic of his arguments are too general and not relevant to this subject matter。 What a shame。 I disliked it so much I took it back to the store and got my money back。
Kev
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Didn't provide anything that felt like new ideas or information。 Didn't provide anything that felt like new ideas or information。 。。。more
Tara Brabazon
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