As the Future Catches You
Chapter One
MIXING APPLES, ORANGES, AND FLOPPY DISKS . . .
If it seems like your world has been topsy-turvy over the past few years . . .
Consider what's coming.
Your genetic code will be imprinted on an ID card . . .
For better and worse.
Medicines will be tailored to your genes and will help prevent specific diseases for which you may be at risk.
(But . . . your insurance company and your prospective employer may also find out that you are genetically disposed to, say, heart disease, or breast cancer, or Alzheimer's.)
Meanwhile, lone individuals are birthing not just companies but entire industries that rapidly become bigger than the economies of most countries.
But unlike growth industries of the past . . . cars and aerospace, for example . . . the industries that will dominate our future depend on just a few smart minds . . .
Not a lot of manpower . . .
So during a period of prosperity and economic growth . . .
Wealth is ever more mobile and concentrated.
You and your children are about to face a series of unprecedented moral, ethical, economic, and financial issues.
The choices you make will impact where you live, what you earn ... read full excerpt from AS FUTURE CATCHES YOU ebook
