The power of crisis : how three threats--and our response--will change the world / Ian Bremmer.

The power of crisis : how three threats--and our response--will change the world / Ian Bremmer.

By
Bremmer, Ian, 1969-

Publication Date
2022

Publication Information
New York : Simon & Schuster,

Physical Description
258 p.

Subject Term
Crisis management.
 
Pandemics.
 
Climatic changes.
 
Artificial intelligence -- Social aspects.
 
International cooperation.
 
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
 
World politics -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
 
Social change.
 
World health.
 
Artificial intelligence.
 
World politics.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution. Today, Americans cannot reach consensus on any significant political issue, and US and Chinese leaders behave as if they're locked in a new Cold War. We are squandering opportunities to meet the challenges that will soon confront us all. In coming years, humanity will face viruses deadlier and more infectious than Covid. Intensifying climate change will put tens of millions of refugees in flight and require us to reimagine how we live our daily lives. Most dangerous of all, new technologies will reshape the geopolitical order, disrupting our livelihoods and destabilizing our societies faster than we can grasp and address their implications. The good news? Some farsighted political leaders, business decision-makers, and individual citizens are already collaborating to tackle all these crises. The question that should keep us awake is whether they will work well and quickly enough to limit the fallout--and, most importantly, whether we can use these crises to innovate our way toward a better world.

Language
English

ISBN
9781982167509


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