⏩Fast Forward Aotearoa by Ben Reid
How exponential technology is defining the future of New Zealand… and what we can do about it.
Featuring stunning illustrations imagining the future of Aotearoa by Sam Ragnarsson ^ AI.
How can New Zealand keep up with the exponential technology change that is shaping the world around us?
In 2024, we can feel the pace of technological development accelerating.
From artificial intelligence to virtual reality, robots to nanotech, biological
enhancement to space exploration, breakthroughs in emerging technologies
are arriving into our lives today and will shape the future we will live in. Ready or not.
In parallel, the world is in the midst of an escalating, hypercomplex,
interconnected “Polycrisis” of rapid climate change, ecological overshoot,
geopolitical instability and techno-capital power concentration.
In his new book Fast Forward Aotearoa, futurist Ben Reid explores the
key technologies which are defining our future, and how New Zealand can
harness them to create a “Poly-opportunity” of solutions which start to
address the major global challenges which our planet now faces.
He argues for renewed investment in building onshore technological capability, outlining a new national strategy in the form of “10 missions and 100 technology solutions” to secure the future well-being and sovereignty of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
A techno-optimist’s manifesto “Ben Reid may be 50 years ahead of most of us in his thinking, but ‘Fast Forward Aotearoa’ presents a compelling case for why we
urgently need to catch up.” - Peter Griffin, BusinessDesk
The book also features stunning illustrations imagining possible futures for Aotearoa, created by “AI whisperer” Sam Ragnarsson.
The paperback first edition is now shipping. Order direct from the author at https://www.ffwd.nz
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Released March 2024.
Printed in New Zealand by Beyond the Ledge Press
ISBN 978-0-473-67466-3 (Paperback)
Full colour, perfect bound, 600 pages, matt laminated cover, spine 33mm