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In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, examines what he calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment". Much as the printing press liberated knowledge from the control of an elite class, new technology is poised to democratize medicine. In this new era, patients will control their data and be emancipated from a paternalistic medical regime in which "the doctor knows best."

As both individuals and communities, we have a choice. We can struggle through the onslaught of information and play an eternal game of catch-up. Or we can choose to live in the present: favor eye contact over texting; quality over speed; and human quirks over digital perfection. Rushkoff offers hope for anyone seeking to transcend the false now.

We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We'd nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There's more knowledge than ever, of course, but it's different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything.Yet this is the greatest time in history to be a knowledge seeker - if you know how.

Uma incrível jornada pela história da inovação ao longo dos séculos por um dos mais influentes pensadores da tecnologia. Refrigeração, relógios, lentes, água potável, gravação de som e luz artificial - elementos fundamentais de nossa vida diária - são esquadrinhados de forma totalmente original, desde sua remota criação por inventores diletantes, amadores e empreendedores visionários, aos efeitos e evoluções que desencadearam.

The world we live in is on the cusp of a dangerous new era: the emergence of intelligent artificial systems, or “agents”, that will profoundly reshape humanity’s relationship with technology. We will explore the diverse landscape ahead, and seek to uncover the future of mankind’s relationship with these revolutionary new technologies and examine how these systems might impact the lives of fellow citizens everywhere.