How to Adapt to Technological Change in a Futureproof Way : Kevin Roose: Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

Abstract

Readers have recently been exposed to a deluge of books and studies on technology, digitalisation and their impact on society. However, these typically offer little practical advice about people’s day-to-day lives, and how to successfully adapt to and navigate today’s world dominated by information technology. In his book, Futureproof – 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, Kevin Roose aims to do precisely this, namely to present the characteristics of the stakeholders and institutions that have successfully adapted to technological challenges, and to provide practical advice and rules for readers about handling the challenges caused by disruptive technologies; in other words, how to become ‘futureproof’.