We are in the middle of a digital revolution. Technological advancements are coming at us faster and faster. New technologies force us to adapt and redefine what work is considered valuable. It’s not just bank tellers who are at risk, even journalists aren’t safe. Computer technology has advanced to the point where software can prepare a quality [...]
The public is embracing ebooks and the future may relegate books to the category of objets d’art, like urns in living rooms. The publishing industry, in defense of its own importance, would have us believe that the democratization of the printing press is bad for authors and bad for the reading public. But disruptive technologies [...]
When people think of a future period, they intuitively assume that it will reflect the current rate of progress. Careful consideration of the historical pace of technological change shows that the rate of progress is continuously accelerating. It is human nature to adapt to the changing pace, so the intuitive view is that the pace [...]


