How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It
8 December 2021
UK capital markets

A private breakfast event hosted by New Financial on Wednesday 8th December with entrepreneur, writer and technologist Azeem Azhar.
We will be discussing Azeem’s new book ‘Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It’. This is part of our ‘bigger picture’ series of events and we expect it to be a fascinating discussion on some of the transformational challenges facing finance, business and society. We expect guests to be a combination of senior executives, people in research, strategy and technology, as well as policy specialists and policymakers.
About ‘Exponential’:
Technology, argues Azeem, is developing at an increasing, exponential rate. But human society - from our businesses to our political institutions - can only ever adapt at a slower, incremental pace. The result is an 'exponential gap' - between the power of new technology and humans' ability to keep up.
In Exponential, Azhar shows how this exponential gap can explain our society's most pressing problems. The gulf between established businesses and fast-growing digital platforms. The inability of nation states to deal with new forms of cyberwarfare. And the sclerotic response of liberal democracies to fast-moving social problems.
But the exponential gap is not inevitable. Drawing on fields as varied as economics, political science and psychology, Azhar sketches out how we can harness the power of tech to serve our real needs - fostering new ways of doing business, innovative forms of politics, and fresh approaches to national defence.
About Azeem:
Azeem Azhar is a serial tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the creator of the Exponential View, Britain's leading platform for in-depth tech analysis. His weekly newsletter is read by 200,000 people from around the world, and his chart-topping podcast has featured guests including Yuval Noah Harari, Reid Hoffman, and Tony Blair.
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