The new digital age

Translation: Ahmed Haider Number of pages: 296 pages Very soon all the inhabitants of the Earth will be connected to the Internet. And modern communication technologies will be available to everyone so that fishermen on the coasts of Congo can benefit, as well as senior politicians in developed countries. Everyone will be able to draw from information resources that will allow them scientific and knowledge-based achievement that has long been impossible for them. And citizens of the new digital age will enjoy a power that no previous generation of humans had. Modern devices will have memory that records the work you have done and the places you have visited. And you will be able to revive your past at any time to live it again with all your senses. Especially with the availability of contact technology, in the living room. But, the new digital age also has its dark side. "When we started building the Internet, we didn't use secret words because we trusted everyone," says Eric Schmidt. "And it never occurred to us that criminals would appear on the Internet, so how can we get rid of them today?" Also concerning is the future that the authors depict for countries, a future in which virtual armies clash and play roles no less important than their traditional counterparts in the cyberwar era that China – according to the author – has already begun to engage in. Moreover, the world today faces the danger of the Internet being fragmented. "There is a gap between those who understand technology and those responsible for the most complex geopolitical problems in the world." The former seek an open Internet accessible to everyone equally. While others seek to close their local domains and isolate them from what is happening elsewhere in the world. Will there be a Russian Internet and an American Internet, and so on? This book shows with facts and evidence how all world leaders, whether legitimate, revolutionary, or authoritarian, will need much greater planning skills than their predecessors ever needed.