Converge

Name: Converge
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781922611529
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A Futurist s insights into the potential of our world as technology and humanity collide

By Dr Catherine Ball

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Converge by Dr Catherine Ball delves into the fascinating intersections of technology and nature. The book explores how innovations like artificial intelligence and biotechnology are reshaping our understanding of the environment and our role within it. With insights into potential future advancements, it provides a thought-provoking look at how these emerging technologies could harmoniously integrate with natural systems for a sustainable future.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of technology and nature, and how emerging innovations can influence our environment. It provides insights from a scientist's perspective, exploring themes of sustainability and future possibilities that might inspire your own ideas on how science can drive positive change.

Converge

Converge is an astounding journey through the next big technology breakthroughs that have the potential to positively shape our world, and explores the role we all have in determining what we want technology to be.

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Multi-award-winning scientific futurist Dr Catherine Ball takes us on an astounding journey through the next big technology breakthroughs that have the potential to positively shape our world.

As we face challenges globally on multiple fronts, it's refreshing to hear the positive voice of scientific futurist Dr Catherine Ball. In Converge, she presents insights into how technology and science are providing answers to many of the challenges the world is facing today—food shortages, war and conflict, the decline in local manufacturing, health and ageing, and global warming—and asks why we are not embracing these technologies more widely.

The answer in many cases is, 'Because we don't know about them!' Well, now we do. Dr Catherine opens our eyes to the amazing, wide world of technological advancements and explores the role we all have in learning more, owning the conversations, and determining what we want technology to be.

What is the role AI can play in the resurgence of local manufacturing and creating new jobs? Can we vaccinate against cancer? How can drones save lives and assist Mother Nature in her fight to stop humans destroying our beloved planet? And how can we utilise the best modern technologies to live longer, healthier and happier lives?

Written with wit, tenacity, and deeply personal experiences, Converge offers an optimistic, in-depth and fascinating investigation into the possibilities of a world where humans fully embrace technology.

Some futurists review research and report on what it tells us about the future. Other futurists look to the future and dream. Dr Catherine Ball looks to the future and rolls up her sleeves to find out where science and technology will be useful—and to ensure we leave a legacy of hope for future generations.

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iConverge/i by Dr Catherine Ball offers an insightful journey through the burgeoning technologies affecting our day-to-day lives. Reviewers applaud Ball's expertise and optimistic perspective, especially her encouragement for readers to reclaim control over technological advancements. Her ability to make complex scientific developments accessible is a key highlight, providing readers with an engaging and forward-thinking outlook on the future.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922611529

Publisher: Major Street Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Major Street Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Dr Catherine Ball is one of Australia s leading scientific futurists and tech influencers. For years she has wowed audiences, boardrooms, university students and thousands of online followers with her vision for the future, combining her understanding of current technologies with predictions of where they are heading, and the pitfalls, challenges and opportunities along the way. She is global visioneer to XPRIZE, an advisor to the Schmidt Ocean Institute and an Associate Professor at the Australian National University, as well as a globally award-winning leader in the drone industry and a sought-after public speaker and consultant in the tech, startup, and futurist worlds. Converge is her first book.