The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma Audiobook

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• A heartfelt and candid exploration of what the future may hold for us . . . Eloquently articulated. Reading [The Coming Wave], what came to mind was Gramsci’s famous adage that what we need is ‘pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.’ To his great credit, [Mustafa] Suleyman has both.

  — The Guardian

• Dazzling . . . You have by now read a great deal of both hype and doom-mongering on the subject [of AI]. But Suleyman’s is the book you cannot afford not to read. . . . Brilliant.

  — Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg

• Brilliant . . . confronts what may be the most crucial question of our century: How can we ensure that the breathtaking, fast-paced technological revolutions ahead create the world we want?

  — Eric Lander, founding director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• An erudite, clear-eyed guide both to the history of radical technological change and to the deep political challenges that lie ahead.

  — Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian

• Extraordinary . . . utterly unmissable.

  — Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google

• Calm, pragmatic, and deeply ethical . . . enthralling reading.

  — Angela Kane, former UN under-secretary-general

• Sharp, compassionate, and uncompromising.

  — Qi Lu, former COO, Baidu; former EVP, Microsoft Bing

• Truly remarkable, ambitious, and impossible to ignore . . . a persuasively argued tour de force.

  — Nouriel Roubini, professor emeritus, New York University

• This book is a masterclass for policymakers on the great technological challenges already upon us and what they mean for geopolitics.

  — Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister, Australia

• The Coming Wave is a masterpiece and a must-read for every leader grappling with today’s reality.

  — Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister, Israel

• A strikingly lucid and refreshingly balanced account of our current technological predicament.

  — Kevin Esvelt, biologist and associate professor, MIT Media Lab

• Realistic, deeply informed, and highly accessible.

  — Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University

• Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing.

  — Stephen Fry, actor, broadcaster and bestselling author

• Thought-provoking, urgent and written in powerful, highly accessible prose.

  — Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab

• Incredibly compelling.

  — Bruce Schneier, security technologist and bestselling author of A Hacker’s Mind

• A much-needed dose of specificity, realism, and clarity.

  — Martha Minow, professor, Harvard Law School

• Read this essential book to understand the pace and scale of these technologies.

  — Ian Bremmer, founder, Eurasia Group and bestselling author of The Power of Crisis

• Deeply researched and highly relevant.

  — Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States

• An extraordinary and necessary book . . . One leaves energized and thrilled to be alive right now.

  — Alain de Botton, philosopher and bestselling author

• A brave wake-up call . . . indispensable reading.

  — Tristan Harris, co-founder, Center for Humane Technology

• A panoramic survey and a clarion call to action . . . Everyone should read it.

  — Fei-Fei Li, co-director, Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI

• A practical and optimistic road map.

  — Stuart Russell, professor of computer science, University of California, Berkeley