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Hi, I'm Azim Azar and you're listening to Exponential View.

Every week I come together with a brilliant mind to explore how exponential technologies

are shaping our near future.

Before we get on with today's podcast, I wanted to share some really, really exciting news.

My first book is going to be published in September and as listeners of this podcast,

I'm sure you're going to love it and I would love you to be amongst the first readers.

In the book, I advance the idea that we're entering into a new era, the Exponential Age,

one which will be driven by the types of radical technologies we explore here.

We are going through a transition, one which will have a dramatic impact on our ways of life,

our economics, our work relationships, our geopolitics and our democratic systems.

This creates a tension that I call the exponential gap.

My view is that the exponential gap is a great way of understanding some of these pressing challenges

and needless to say, I do suggest how we might bridge that gap.

The book published as exponential in most parts of the world and as the exponential age in the US and Canada

is available to pre-order.

Just visit www.exponential-book.com, that's www.exponential-book.com and do pre-order today.

Now, one area where this tech will prove decisive is in our fight against climate change.

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