Alec Ross Books

When we think of robots, we often imagine something sleek, metallic, and distant. Yet the most transformative robotics revolution is unfolding not in Hollywood but on factory floors, in warehouses, and even in hospitals. During my travels, I saw how industrial robots have moved from performing repet...

From The Industries of the Future

Few areas fill me with more hope—and ethical gravity—than genomics. We now understand life at the level of code, sequence, and data. The cost of sequencing the human genome has fallen exponentially, opening an era of personalized medicine in which treatments are tailored to an individual’s DNA. Duri...

From The Industries of the Future

Throughout the industrial age, society operated on a negotiated understanding: governments provided stability and services, corporations created jobs and growth, and citizens contributed labor and loyalty. This was not always fair, but it was relatively predictable. By the early twenty-first century...

From The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People – and the Fight for Our Future

In the twentieth century, governments were the largest and most powerful institutions on Earth. In the twenty-first, that mantle has slipped to corporations—especially those born in the digital realm. Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon command resources surpassing those of many nations, and their d...

From The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People – and the Fight for Our Future