Industries of the Future

Alec Ross’s survey of the economic forces shaping the coming decades, cited in The Future of Work (Article) for its West Virginia vs. Estonia parable about which regions adapt to automation and offshoring and which cling to declining industries.

Context: The Industries of the Future (2016) by Alec Ross maps the next wave of economic transformation — robotics, genomics, cybersecurity, big data, and the digitization of money — and which societies are positioned to thrive in it.

Why it’s on the list: The source of the central parable in a future-of-work essay Kyle annotated.

Where I saw it: Cited in The Future of Work (Article) as the origin of the West Virginia vs. Estonia contrast.

Connections

• Alec Ross — author
• The Future of Work (Article) — the essay that cites it
• Estonia — the future-embracing case in the book’s parable