Table of Contents
Foreword Satya Nadella vii
Preface Klaus Schwab ix
Introduction 1
Section 1 The Fourth Industrial Revolution 5
Framing the Fourth Industrial Revolution 7
Connecting the Dots 18
Embedding Values in Technologies 29
A Human Rights-Based Framework 47
Empowering All Stakeholders 49
Section 2 Technologies, Opportunities and Disruption 67
2.1 Extending Digital Technologies 75
New Computing Technologies 77
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies 87
The Internet of Things 98
Highlight on Data Ethics 110
Cyber Risks 114
2.2 Reforming the Physical World 121
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 123
Advanced Materials 134
Additive Manufacturing and Multidimensional Printing 142
The Upside and Downside of Drones 150
2.3 Altering the Human Being 155
Biotechnologies 157
Neurotechnologies 167
Virtual and Augmented Realities 177
A Perspective on Arts, Culture, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution 188
2.4 Integrating the Environment 193
Energy Capture, Storage and Transmission 195
Geoengineering 203
Space Technologies 211
Conclusion: What You Can Do t Shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution 220
Acknowledgments 241
References 251
Contributors 260
Notes 267