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For two decades, technological oracle, entrepreneur, and consultant
Michael Dertouzos has led cutting-edge research on information technologies and
has advised policymakers and CEOs on the future course and impact of these technologies.
In 1980 Dertouzos predicted today's world of information with stunning accuracy.
Now, he charts a unique and richly detailed map of the ways information technology
will alter every facet of our public and private lives, from a few years to a
century hence. Dertouzos heads the MIT Laboratory for
Computer Science -- home of the World Wide Web and birthplace of many of the high-tech
products and processes that surround us today. In What Will Be, he offers
the ultimate insider's preview of the inventions that will usher in a Third Revolution
to rival the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. And in deft and detailed
analysis, Dertouzos reveals the changes we will experience in everyday life, in
the pursuit of pleasure, health, learning, office work, commerce, manufacturing,
and governance. Debunking the starry-eyed view of new technology promoted by many
commentators -- while taking the Luddites firmly to task -- Dertouzos unveils
a crisp picture of the new century's global information marketplace and shows
how it will affect one-half of the world's industrial economies. He uncovers what's
wrong with technology, explains how we can right the wrongs, and identifies the
key trade-offs tomorrow will bring. Dertouzos even highlights what aspects of
our society and ourselves will never be altered by technology and offers an inspiring
blueprint for how new tech could bridge the centuries-old gaps between reason
and the spirit. Learned, accessible, clear-sighted, and
fascinating, What Will Be is written for every reader affected by technological
change -- both the digital sophisticate and those still struggling to understand
e-mail. Essential and riveting, detailed and incisive, this is the first thorough
roadmap to the future. Michael Dertouzos has headed
MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science since 1974. With several start-up companies
and technology patents to his credit, Dertouzos advises the leaders of Fortune
500 companies and of the U.S. and European governments on the future directions
of information technology and is impact. |
