Move: an excerpt from Parag Khanna's new book on the power of mobility
Chapter 1: Mobility is Destiny
Parag Khanna is Founder & CEO of AlphaGeo, the leading AI-powered geospatial predictive location analytics platform. He is the internationally bestselling author of seven books including MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021), preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019), as well as a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List.” He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Born in India and raised in the UAE, New York and Germany, he has traveled to more than 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Chapter 1: Mobility is Destiny
本文节选自Parag Khanna《未来属于亚洲(The Future is Asian)》一书。该书被评为世界经济论坛图书俱乐部二月推荐书目。每个月,俱乐部都将挑选并讨论一本新书,而在该月月底最后一天,该书作者将加入俱乐部,为观众答疑。
This excerpt is from Parag Khanna's book "The future is Asian". The book was chosen as February's book for the World Economic Forum Book Club. Each month, a new book will be selected and ...
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