Scan The Fourth Industrial Revolution Composed By Klaus Schwab Readable In Audio Books

deluse. Mi attendevo di comprendere qualcosa che non conoscevo, o almeno di riuscire a inserire in un quadro organico una serie di fenomeni eterogenei che stiamo vivendo, e che proprio per questo non riusciamo a mettere nella giusta prospettiva.
Purtroppo in questo libro non ho trovato risposte, o nuove domande, E uno zibaldone di ciò che potrebbe accadere, ma potrebbe anche non accadere, Un libro che descrive una serie di potenziali scenari e cerca senza riuscirci di dare un peso ad alcuni probabili evoluzioni, Manca una presa di posizione, una riflessione più energica e matura, un tentativo di pensiero critico, La mia conoscenza e la mia percezione del fenomeno o meglio dei fenomeni, perché mi rimane il dubbio che possa esistere un quadro unitario in cui leggere tutte le questioni sollevate dal libro restano quelle che avevo prima di iniziare a leggere.
Occasione persa. For a book with no bibliography that only generally cites his own organizations research, Schwabs writing seems to be based largely on speculation.
He praises Uber multiple times throughout the book, but fails to mention their exploitive labor practices in the section on ethics or anywhere really.
In fact, Schwab fails to mention anything that actually matters: the people affected by increasing income equality, climate change, literally ANYTHING relevant to our future.
He does, however, assure us that one day robots will be writing the books we read and I guess the silver lining there is that I wont have to read another book by this out of touch dickwad.
Uh yikes.

On page one of the Introduction, Schwab says he wants to “shape the new technology revolution, which entails nothing less than a transformation of humankind,” “in a fusion of technologies across the physical, digital and biological worlds” for a “profound and systemic change.
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“Today we are at the beginning of a fourth industrial revolution,” he states, “It began at the turn of this century and builds on the digital revolution, It is characterized by a much more ubiquitous and mobile internet, by smaller and more powerful sensors that have become cheaper, and by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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“Occurring simultaneously are waves of further breakthroughs in areas ranging from gene sequencing to nanotechnology, from renewables to quantum computing.
It is the fusion of these technologies and their interaction across the physical, digital and biological domains that make the fourth industrial revolution fundamentally different from previous revolutions.
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“We have yet to grasp fully the speed and breadth of this new revolution,” he says, “We are witnessing profound shifts across all industries,” “on the societal front, a paradigm shift is underway,” “the changes are historic in terms of their size, speed and scope,” and it all “involves the transformation of entire systems, across and within countries, companies, industries and society as a whole.
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“The fourth industrial revolution, however, is not only about smart and connected machines and systems, Its scope is much wider, ”

Thats a pretty ominous start,

Because he believes these changes are inevitable, a sort of fated destiny, this becomes the pretext for a covert bid for power his book makes it clear that he believes that he and the members of the World Economic Forum WEF that he established inare the only ones who can understand all the monumental changes and shepherd the world through them.
As he puts it:

“Shaping the fourth industrial revolution to ensure that it is empowering and humancentred, rather than divisive and dehumanizing, is not a task for any single stakeholder or sector or for any one region, industry or culture.
The fundamental and global nature of this revolution means it will affect and be influenced by all countries, economies, sectors and people.
It is, therefore, critical that we invest attention and energy in multistakeholder cooperation across academic, social, political, national and industry boundaries.
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Read this carefully, “Empowering and humancentred” sound good that first sentence seems to imply that no one group should be in charge,

But look more closely, As the book goes on, he calls for the creation of an organization that is not under the jurisdiction of any one country, but which will, in fact, govern all “countries, economies, sectors and people,” by directing/coordinating the “multistakeholder cooperation across academic, social, political, national and industry boundaries.
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Like, yknow, the WEF,

In other words, the attempted power grab is hidden in plain sight:

“I have two primary concerns about factors that may limit the potential of the fourth industrial revolution to be effectively and cohesively realized.
First, I feel that the required levels of leadership and understanding of the changes underway, across all sectors, are low when contrasted with the need to rethink our economic, social and political systems to respond to the fourth industrial revolution.
As a result, both at the national and global levels, the requisite institutional framework to govern the diffusion of innovation and mitigate the disruption is inadequate at best and, at worst, absent altogether.
Second, the world lacks a consistent, positive and common narrative that outlines the opportunities and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, a narrative that is essential if we are to empower a diverse set of individuals and communities and avoid a popular backlash against the fundamental changes.
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Again, read that carefully, He believes it is a REQUIREMENT “requisite” to create an institutional framework to govern a GLOBAL system run by highlevel leaders, and he wants to create an official worldwide “narrative” that is “essential” to “avoid a popular backlash” that he is already planning to put down.


Hes just doing them a favor: “With governments and government based structures lagging behind in the regulatory space, it may actually be up to the private sector and nonstate actors to take the lead.
” After all, “governments must also adapt to the fact that power is also shifting from state to nonstate actors, and from established institutions to loose networks.
New technologies and the social groupings and interactions they foster allow virtually anyone to exercise influence in a way that would have been inconceivable just a few years ago.
Policymakers are finding it harder to effect change, They are constrained by rival power centres including the transnational, provincial, local and even the individual, Micropowers are now capable of constraining macropowers such as national governments, ”

In other words, here is his unconscious confession that individuals such as Klaus Schwab and “micropowers” such as the WEF are now capable of constraining macropowers such as national governments.


He predicts that “the fusion of the physical, digital and biological worlds will further transcend time/space limitations in such a way as to encourage mobility.
One of the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution will therefore be the governance of human mobility to ensure that its benefits are fully realized by aligning sovereign rights and obligations with individual rights and aspirations, reconciling national and human security and finding ways to maintain social harmony in the midst of increasing diversity.
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And who will be doing all this governing, hmm Perhaps the WEF and their stakeholders And who elected them

He repeats it again and again throughout the book.
The “complexity and interconnectedness of the transformations driven by this industrial revolution across all sectors imply that all stakeholders of global society governments, business, academia, and civil society have a responsibility to work together to better understand the emerging trends.
Shared understanding is particularly critical if we are to shape a collective future that reflects common objectives and values, We must have a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is changing our lives, There has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril, My concern, however, is that decisionmakers are too often caught in traditional, linear and nondisruptive thinking, ”

Furthermore, “the career incentives and funding conditions in universities today favour incremental, conservative research over bold and innovative programmes.
One antidote to research conservatism in academia is to encourage more commercial forms of research, ”

So in response, he is proposing nontraditional, circular, disruptive thinking that will create radical nonincremental programs and forprofit research, and he is advocating that we need global coordination for all this, directed by the WEF.
He mentions “Project MainStream, the World Economic Forums initiative to accelerate the transition to the circular economy,” “which is regenerative by design and works by decoupling growth and resource needs,” but is a “circular” economy in which there is no growth, simply circular movement truly feasible, let alone “sustainable” What about the Second Law of Thermodynamics

“It is only by bringing together and working in collaboration with leaders from business, government, civil society, faith, academia and the young generation that it becomes possible to obtain a holistic perspective on what is going on.
In addition, this is critical to develop and implement integrated ideas and solutions that will result in sustainable change, This is the principle embedded in the multistakeholder theory what the World Economic Forum communities often call the Spirit of Davos, which I first proposed in a book published in.
Boundaries between sectors and professions are artificial and are proving to be increasingly counterproductive, More than ever, it is essential to dissolve these barriers by engaging the power of networks to forge partnerships, Companies and organizations that fail to do this and do not walk the talk by building diverse teams will have a difficult time adjusting to the disruptions of the digital age.
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“This will require collaborative and flexible structure that reflect the integration of various ecosystems and which take fully into account all stakeholders, bringing together the public and private sectors, as well as the most knowledgeable minds in the world from all backgrounds.
Second, building on a shared understanding, we need to develop positive, common and comprehensive narratives about how we can shape the fourth industrial revolution for current and future generations.
Although we may not know the precise content of these narratives, we do know critical features that they must contain, Third, on the basis of raised awareness and shared narratives, we must embark on restructuring our economic, social and political systems to take full advantage of the opportunities presented.
It is clear that our current decisionmaking systems and dominant models of wealth creation were designed and incrementally evolved throughout the first three industrial revolutions.
These systems, however, are no longer equipped to deliver on the current, and more to the point, the future generational needs in the context of the fourth industrial revolution.
This will clearly require systemic innovation and not smallscale adjustments or reforms at the margin, ”

“As the evolutionist Martin Nowak, a professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University, reminds us, cooperation is the only thing that will redeem mankind.
With effective multistakeholder cooperation, I am convinced that the fourth industrial revolution has the potential to address and possibly solve the major challenges that the world currently faces.
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“Redeem” So he is a religious fanatic seeking redemption for the sins of the world, He explicitly talks about “The Way Forward,” which includes “applying four different types of intelligence,” including “Inspired the soul,” which “focuses on nourishing the creative impulse and lifting humanity to a new collective and moral consciousness based on a shared sense of destiny.
” This is a collectivist religion and since one of the few figures he mentions favorably is Marx, his religion is probably some sort of synthetic Hegelian nonsense.


“The world is fast changing, hyperconnected, ever more complex and becoming more fragmented but we can still shape our future in a way that benefits all.
The window of opportunity for doing so is now, ”

He wants a total revolution, and he wants it NOW, And what powers will the unelected oneworld global government have

Well, just to start with, modest Schwab has a totalitarian vision, saying that “the era we currently live in, the Anthropocene or Human Age, marks the first time in the history of the world that human activities are the primary force in shaping all lifesustaining systems on earth,” and he characterizes theth Industrial Revolution as “enhanced cognitive power that is augmenting human production,” through “ubiquitous and mobile internet, and by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
” “The fusion of digital, physical and biological technologies driving the current changes will serve to enhance human labour and cognition.
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But first he needs to gain control of transportation, and so he pushes for selfdriving cars all connected to the internet: “According to BMWof cars worldwide, ormillion, were connected to the internet in some way.
That number will grow to, ormillion cars, by, ” “The automotive industry has developed systems monitoring attention and awareness that can stop cars when people are falling asleep while driving.
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This is ostensibly about convenience and safety, but the massive push for selfdriving cars among other automated devices also leads me to worry that government could shut off your transportation for disagreeing with them.
When you can sense the “attention and awareness” of individuals in a private room/car and he notes that “insurance companies like Aetna are thinking about how sensors in a carpet could help if youve had a stroke.
They would detect any gait change and have a physical therapist visit”, what happens when the government wants to root out dissidents Your car stops, and the carpet calls an armed soldier to visit.


Furthermore, driverless cars and every other digital thing would be vulnerable to hacking/cyber attacks, Even Schwab acknowledges that “in the summer of, two hackers demonstrated their ability to hack into a moving car, controlling its dashboard functions, steering, brakes etc.
, all through the vehicles entertainment system, ”

Hackers are a legitimate worry, “More thanbillion devices are expected to be connected to the internet by, Even the Milky Way, the earths galaxy, contains only aroundbillion suns!” “It is economically feasible to connect literally anything to the internet.
All things will be smart and connected to the internet, Sensors wired in cattle can communicate to each other through a mobile phone network, and can provide realtime data on cattle conditions from anywhere.
Experts suggest that, in the future, every physical product could be connected to ubiquitous communication infrastructure, and sensors everywhere will allow people to fully perceive their environment.
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And, needless to say, be perceived by literally everything in their environment and whoever else might be watching.
He even acknowledges that “Governments may start to find that their previous ways of collecting data are no longer needed, and may turn to bigdata technologies to automate their current programmes,” and notes the “consequences of a potential digital Pearl Habor i.
e. digital hackers or terrorists paralysing infrastructure, leading to no food, fuel and power for weeks”

Nevertheless, despite the danger, he advocates for “smart cities,” “a global network of smart networkdriven cities, countries and regional clusters” “with advances in sensors, optics and embedded processors.
” As an example, he notes that “the city of Santander in northern Spain already has,sensors connecting buildings, infrastructure, transport, networks and utilities.
” Of course, there is the “risk of collapse total black out if the energy system fails,” but he glosses over that,

He asks us to “consider remote monitoring a widespread application of the IoT “Internet Of Things”, Any package, pallet or container can now be equipped with a sensor, transmitter or radio frequency identification RFID tag that allows a company to track where it is as it moves through the supply chain how it is performing, how it is being used, and so on.
In the near future, similar monitoring systems will also be applied to the movement and tracking of people, ” “The tools of the fourth industrial revolution enable new forms of surveillance and other means of control, ” In order to implement this “monitoring of urban mobility infrastructure,” “nextgeneration LED street lights can act as a platform for a host of sensing technologies that collect data on the movement of traffic and people.
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Remember that back in December of, the WEF put out a futurist Tweet quoting Ida Auken, a member of Denmarks parliament, enthusiastically saying “Welcome to.
I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better, ” Meanwhile, he notes that “Ralph Lauren has developed a sports shirt that is designed to provide realtime workout data by measuring sweat output, heart rate, breathing intensity, etc.
” But what happens when this is weaponized

And thats not all: “Synthetic biology is the next step, It will provide us with the ability to customize organisms by writing DNA, Setting aside the profound ethical issues this raises, these advances will not only have a profound and immediate impact on medicine but also on agriculture and the production of biofuels.
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“SETTING ASIDE” the profound ethical issues OO

Yep, “With the fusion of technologies, a key theme of this book, unpredictable dynamics inherently surface, challenging existing legal and ethical frameworks.
” For instance, “D printing will become more pervasive to include integrated electronic components such as circuit boards and even human cells and organs.
Researchers are already working onD, a process that would create a new generation of selfaltering products in healthrelated products such as implants designed to adapt to the human body.
” He promotes “health devices” that will “send data to monitoring centres, or potentially release healing medicines automatically,” “digital tattoos that not only look cool but can perform useful tasks, like unlocking a car, entering mobile phone codes with a fingerpoint or tracking body processes,” and “smart tattoos and other unique chips which could help with identification and location.
Implanted devices will likely also help to communicate thoughts normally expressed verbally through a builtin smart phone, and potentially unexpressed thoughts or moods by reading brainwaves and other signals.
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“Reading brainwaves” Yep, He wants “Designer beings” “whose genome was directly and deliberately edited,” despite the “risk of interaction between edited plants/animals human/environmental health,” and “misuse of genetic data by governments or companies.
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