The Times and Financial Times Book of the Year ´Enticing´ Sunday Times | ´Engaging´ Financial Times | ´Essential´ Reid Hoffman ___ As technology accelerates, the human mind struggles to keep up - and our companies, workplaces and democracies get left behind. This is the exponential gap. Now, a leading technologist explores how this exponential gap is rewiring our world - and reveals how we should respond. ___ ´The sheer might of technology giants is one of the great challenges of our time . . . Azeem Azhar´s excellent book Exponential offers some solutions´ Amol Rajan, BBC News ´Azhar has a knack for interrogating and inverting conventional thinking . . . A convincing case that something extraordinary is taking place in business and society´ Economist ´Deft and clear-eyed . . . Perhaps Azhar´s most valuable insight is that conservatively managing the individual risks posed by new technologies will not suffice´ Financial Times ´Speaks powerfully about how we need to shape technology to put it back in the service of society´ Guardian ´Valuable and timely . . . A diligent and comprehensive definition of a new phase in human affairs´ Sunday Times