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Writing this book uncovered exceptional expertise across the whole Forum

staff, and I thank everyone who shared their ideas with me, both online and
in person. Here, in particular, I thank members of the Emerging
Technologies taskforce: David Gleicher, Rigas Hadzilacos, Natalie Hatour,
Fulvia Montresor and Olivier Woeffray – and the many others who spent

time thinking deeply about these issues: Chidiogo Akunyili, Claudio
Cocorocchia, Nico Daswani, Mehran Gul, Alejandra Guzman, Mike Hanley,
Lee Howell, Jeremy Jurgens, Bernice Lee, Alan Marcus, Adrian Monck,
Thomas Philbeck and Philip Shetler-Jones.

My deep gratitude also goes to all members of the Forum community who

helped shape my thinking about the fourth industrial revolution. I am
particularly thankful to Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson for inspiring
my ideas on the impact of technological innovation and the great challenges
and opportunities that lie ahead, and to Dennis Snower and Stewart Wallis
for underscoring the need for values-based narratives if we are to succeed

in harnessing the fourth industrial revolution for the global good.

Additional thanks to Marc Benioff, Katrine Bosley, Justine Cassell,

Mariette DiChristina, Murali Doraiswamy, Nita Farahany, Zev Furst, Nik
Gowing, Victor Halberstadt, Ken Hu, Lee Sang-Yup, Alessio Lomuscio,
Jack Ma, Ellen MacArthur, Peter Maurer, Bernard Meyerson, Andrew

Maynard, William McDonough, James Moody, Andrew Moore, Michael
Osborne, Fiona Paua Schwab, Feike Sijbesma, Vishal Sikka, Philip
Sinclair, Hilary Sutcliffe, Nina Tandon, Farida Vis, Sir Mark Walport and
Alex Wyatt, all of whom I corresponded with or were interviewed for this
book.

The Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils and our “future-oriented

communities” strongly engaged in this topic and provided rich insights on
all the topics discussed here. Special appreciation goes to the Global
Agenda Councils on the Future of Software and Society, Migration and the
Future of Cities. I am also grateful to the remarkable array of thought

leaders who so generously contributed their time and insights on this topic
during the Summit on the Global Agenda 2015 in Abu Dhabi, as well as
members of the Forum’s Global Shapers, Young Global Leaders, and Young
Scientists communities, particularly those who contributed ideas through

TopLink, the Forum’s virtual knowledge and collaboration platform.

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