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1 What Is an Arborist? | Investing in the Future 2 The Most Popular Tree in America Get More Out of Spring-Cleaning 3 Building West Hartford One Brick at a Time Asparagus & Smoked Mozzarella Pizzettes 4 Don’t Let Today’s Technologies Pass You By — A Book Recommendation
‘The Future Is Faster Than You Think’ by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler BOOK RECOMMENDATION — DON’T GET LOST IN THE FUTURE!
Technology is a wonderful thing, but it’s easy to get lost in it all. There is just so much tech, and it’s constantly changing. It can be hard to keep up. In the book, “The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives” by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler, the authors slow things down just enough for the rest of us to catch up. As part of the “Exponential Technology Series,” “The Future Is Faster Than You Think” is a forward-thinking look at the current advances in technology and what’s happening around the world. On the surface, we see things like new smartphones, laptops, and
TVs every year. We see advances in electric vehicles and contactless shopping. But there is significantly more going on behind the scenes — and many technologies that get incorporated into everyday objects that we don’t even think about. Sometimes, we don’t realize how quickly things are advancing because we’re living in it. Consider where we were in 1921. The very first passenger planes were just getting off the ground. The pop-up toaster had just barely started to find its way onto the market. We were still refining the radio. The list goes on. Today, we have things like artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D printing, and virtual reality that are changing the way we live and work. In “The Future Is Faster Than You Think”
the authors talk about how these technologies are coming together and how they will define our future. It’s a great read if you want to know more about what’s going on in science and technology. It lays out current developments and looks at where those developments are likely to go next — especially as they converge. And converge they will — just like the camera, computer, and phone converged into the smartphone. Though many technologies develop separately, they have a habit of coming together, and when they do, they often change our world. “The Future Is Faster than You Think” is a great way to “catch up” with the technological world, and it’s a great conversation starter, too!
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