HumanITy: Connecting Humans and Technology the Way It Was Always Meant to Be, Yarrow
Diamond, 2024
The world seems to be changing at lightning speed over the past few years. Young people can navigate
the new technological world like it’s nothing, while the older generation struggles to not get left behind. This book may be able to help.
It starts with a disturbing statistic, courtesy of IBM: in the next decade, over 1.4 billion people will have to retrain or adapt themselves to survive in this new economy. AI is not the first technology with the
potential to put a lot of people out of work; think back to the Industrial Revolution.
As a corporate leader, do not go to your IT head and say, “Give me software that automates everything.” That is a recipe for disaster. Many questions have to be answered first: What part of your business is
to be automated? Custom software or off-the-shelf software? Cloud storage or on-site storage? How many employees will use it? Will they be only at headquarters or at all offices? What is the cost and timeline?
There is also a chapter on “geek speak,” basic technology terms explained for nongeeks. It is essential
that there be constant feedback between Corporate and IT, so that both groups totally understand each other.
There are many pros and cons to technology. On one hand, it has become very easy for people all over
the world to take real college courses for a very reduce cost, or for free. On the other hand, technology has contributed to a huge rise in obesity and diabetes
among young people and even children. What is happening on their cellphones seems to be more important than getting any type of physical activity.
Here is an excellent and easy-to read book about the coming world of technology. It is very much worth reading, even for non-geeks.
