Predictions For The Fourth Industrial Revolution [extract]
Predictions For The Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Technology is driving a rapid wave of change globally allowing companies to redesign their business models, empowering workers to be more productive, students to be more creative but while also enabling criminals to design more sophisticated cyber attacks.
In this new age of limitless opportunities and risks, the businesses and people that move fastest to adopt this technology will be the ones that thrive.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has been defined as technological developments in cyber-physical systems and high capacity connectivity; new human-machine interaction modes such as touch interfaces and virtual reality systems.
When compared with previous industrial revolutions, the Fourth is evolving at an exponential rather than a linear pace. Moreover, it is disrupting almost every industry in every country. And the breadth and depth of these changes herald the transformation of entire systems of production, management, and governance.
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