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<p><b><i>The Times</i> and <i>Financial Times</i> Book of the Year <p></b>'Enticing' <i><b>Sunday Times</b> </i> 'Engaging' <i><b>Financial Times</b> </i>'Essential' <b>Reid Hoffman</b><br><b>___<br></b><br>As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces and democracies get left behind. This is the exponential gap. <p>Now, a leading technologist explores how this exponential gap is rewiring our world - and reveals how we should respond.<br>___ <p>'The sheer might of technology giants is one of the great challenges of our time . . . Azeem Azhar's excellent book <i>Exponential </i>offers some solutions' <b>Amol Rajan, </b><b>BBC News<br></b><br>'Azhar has a knack for interrogating and inverting conventional thinking . . . A convincing case that something extraordinary is taking place in business and society' <i><b>Economist</b></i> <p>'Deft and clear-eyed . . . Perhaps Azhar's most valuable insight is that conservatively managing the individual risks posed by new technologies will not suffice' <i><b>Financial Times</b></i> <p>'Speaks powerfully about how we need to shape technology to put it back in the service of society' <i><b>Guardian</b></i> <p>'Valuable and timely . . . A diligent and comprehensive definition of a new phase in human affairs' <i><b>Sunday Times</b></i></p>