Madness Simulator: How the Fourth Industrial Revolution Will Turn Homo Sapiens into Homo Servus?

"Everything that is imaginable is achievable." The idea is what lies at the core of all human endeavors. And digital technologies are tools of unprecedented power that allow people to bring to reality what, only half a century ago, could be dreamed of at most. But how will we use these tools? The author calls the era of rapid technological development—entered by humanity—the Fourth Revolution, and believes that, alongside the Great French, Great Industrial, and Great Russian revolutions, it will overturn the world, industry, and social relations, turn everyone’s life into a comfortable simulator, and ensure the transition from Homo Sapiens to Homo Servus. The Fourth Revolution will change absolutely everything.

• What will the urban paradise of the future look like?
• What will we have to do to save the planet?
• Will there still be room for humans in high-tech industry?
• Why will IT giants monitor citizens’ health?
• How do you learn to survive in the age of constant surveillance?
• Will our endless desire to make life more comfortable kill us?

You will find answers to these and other questions in Vadim Panov’s new book. An exciting exploration of the future, a study of the marvelous simulator our lives are slowly—but surely—turning into, and an answer to the question: can Utopia be insane?