The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business

By Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen

Categories: Computers & Technology, Politics & Social Sciences

The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business (2013) is a book by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen of Google. They examine how the spread of internet connectivity will change citizenship, statecraft, terrorism, revolution and reconstruction around the world. Drawing on their travels and work in technology, they sketch both opportunities and dangers of a more connected planet.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is, "The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business." It's by Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, and Jared Cohen, Google's director of Ideas, who were on the show. The book is a masterful tour of all the issues that are raised by the dominant technological trend of our time, which is the information revolution. It's a must read for anyone who wants to understand the New World.”