WTF : what's the future and why it's up to us

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Forbes Silicon Valley's leading intellectual and founder of O'Reilly Media delves into the potential upsides and downsides of what he terms the "next economy." Tim O'Reilly excels at identifying and explaining emerging technologies with transformative potential, including the World Wide Web, Open Source Software, Web 2.0, Open Government data, the Maker Movement, and Big Data. Recently, he has concentrated on the future of work, focusing on AI, algorithms, and innovative business organization approaches that will influence our lives. He has united a diverse coalition of technologists, business leaders, labor advocates, and policymakers to address these pressing issues. In this exploration, he examines the implications of intelligent machines taking over jobs traditionally held by humans, the impact on consumer-based societies, and whether income inequality and unemployment are unavoidable consequences of technological progress. O'Reilly questions the future of business in a world where technology-driven networks outperform traditional companies in talent deployment and the evolution of education in the face of on-demand learning. He also considers the survival of social safety nets in developed nations and the necessary transformations across industries and organizations. Ultimately, he investigates what the next economy will mean for society and how we can actively shape its trajectory.