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Alec Ross

Nato: November 30, 1971 – Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Alec Ross is an American author and innovation expert focused on technology, geopolitics, and the future of work. He served as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and wrote the New York Times bestseller The Industries of the Future and the later book The Raging 2020s.

Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore

Alec Ross emerged from a public-school upbringing in Charleston, West Virginia, and graduated from Northwestern University in 1994 before beginning his career not in publishing but in service, as a sixth-grade Teach For America teacher in Baltimore. That classroom experience, followed by work at Enterprise Community Partners and the co-founding of One Economy, gave him a practical education in inequality, access, and the uses of technology in everyday life. At One Economy, the venture grew from a three-person startup into a global nonprofit serving low-income communities on four continents, a formative period that established Ross’s habit of viewing innovation through both economic and civic lenses. ((https://www.bbs.unibo.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ALLEGATO-2-CV-Alec-Ross_2020.pdf))

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Manage time like you manage your money
-The Diplomacy of Technology
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Hire true believers
-The Diplomacy of Technology
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Stay connected
-The Diplomacy of Technology
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Stay out of the gray twilight
-The Diplomacy of Technology
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The 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak
-Industries of the Future: Alec Ross Unveils the Winners
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The more open societies will be those that compete and succeed most effectively
-Industries of the Future: Alec Ross Unveils the Winners
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It is a net good for the world
-The Industries of the Future
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We aren’t as easy to upgrade as software
-The Industries of the Future

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"Alec Ross is one of those very rare people who can see patterns in the chaos and provide guidance for the road forward"

Eric Schmidt

"In this valuable book, Alec Ross analyzes what it will take to survive and even thrive"

Walter Isaacson

"Alec Ross, who is neither a utopian nor a dystopian, expertly guides us through it"

Carnegie Council

"Alec Ross fearlessly confronts one of the fundamental concerns of our time: fixing the broken social contract between people, business, and government"

Adam Grant

"But thinking systematically and strategically, as Alec Ross does here, about robotics, genomics, and the codification of everything is absolutely critical"

Reid Hoffman

"Alec Ross is a keen analyst and brilliant storyteller"

Anne-Marie Slaughter

"Alec Ross brings a far-reaching perspective to bear in illustrating the opportunities to be seized in our changing world"

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