Technology

Business and Economics

Agentic World Order

Navigating Humanity's Next Great MigrationAlexander T Hooper

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Length5h 49m

About this audiobook

Humanity stands at a precipice as artificial intelligence reshapes history at breakneck speed. Agentic World Order is a clear-eyed guide to this era of superintelligence, mapping how exponential technology compresses economic cycles, national power, and human purpose itself. Drawing on Alexander T. Hooper’s insider perspective as a technologist leading AI strategy, it blends history, strategy, and ethics to reveal the promise and peril ahead. Inside, you’ll explore AI’s accelerating trajectory, its impact on work, inequality, and geopolitics, the environmental burden of vast data centres, and the ethical dilemmas of bias, control, and “digital feudalism.” Hooper shows how regulation, foresight, and collective choice can steer intelligence — human or machine — toward abundance, creativity, and dignity. The future is not fixed; it will be shaped by the courage and clarity with which we act today.

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Audiobook details

GenreTechnology, Business and Economics

Length5 hrs 49 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMay 15, 2023

LanguageEnglish

1Dedication

22Trustworthiness

2Introduction

23Control and Safety

31. The Accelerating Trajectory of AI and the "Singularity"

24Digital Feudalism

4Exponential Growth

25Genetic Engineering and Eugenics

5The Singularity

265. Environmental Impact and Sustainability

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6Hardware and Software Advances

27Cumulative Environmental Legacy

72. Economic Transformation and the Future of Work

28AI's Growing Footprint

8Massive Investment and Adoption

29Jevons Paradox

9Productivity Gains

30Potential for "Earth Alignment"

10Industry Disruption

31Sustainable Development

11Changing Nature of Work and Inequality

326. Regulatory Landscape and Societal Choices

123. Geopolitical Implications and the AI Arms Race

33Call for Regulation

13US-China Rivalry

34Balancing Innovation and Safety

14State Power Challenged

35Global Standards and Challenges

15Military Applications

36The Future Will Be Chosen

16Historical Cycles and Exponential Technology

37Merge

174. Societal and Ethical Implications

38Resist

18Globalization and Identity

39Be Remade

19Redefining Humanity

40Trust, Not Dominance

20Ethical Concerns in AI

41Glossary of Key Terms

21Bias

42ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About the author

Alexander T Hooper

Thomas A.J. Hooper was born when a father, fresh from heart surgery, realized tomorrow isn’t promised. Writing for his sons and daughter, he captured lessons, mistakes, predictions and truths they’d need if his voice was gone. Joined by their questions and laughter, his two sons and daughter turned the work into more than guidance—it became resilience, love, and a map for growing up. Together, they shaped a legacy no single voice could create.View all by Alexander T Hooper