Irreplaceable: The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The average person today processes up to 74 Gigabytes of information daily from TV, computers, cell phones, and tablets, as much as watching 16 movies. Only a century ago, a highly educated person would consume this amount of information in a lifetime! Bornet refers to this as “information obesity,” a problem that affects us all. In the next ten years, we may see as many technological disruptions as we did in the last 100 years. In addition, scientists predict that the frequency of natural disasters–hurricanes, storms, droughts–and pandemics will increase drastically in the same period. Lastly, the amount of information we are required to consume on a daily basis is doubling every two years, boosted by ever-advancing technology. These accelerating changes are governed by a mathematical function called “exponential.” Rare in nature, it is becoming prevalent in our modern world. To survive and thrive on this roller coaster of constant change, you must develop new abilities that make you stronger and more resilient. Based on the distillation of the latest scientific research, and the rediscovery of the arts that our ancestors excelled at for thousands of years, this book shows you how to build new mental capabilities. For example, it will help you control some of your emotions or cognitive biases by wiring new pathways between the neurons in your brain. It is magic but true; you will learn how your brain can be partly reconfigured, like a computer, by changing its program, opening the door to unlimited possibilities. This book will help you develop new specific human skills, those that cannot be mastered by technology, even the most intelligent. You will learn to become ultra-creative, reach a higher level of critical thinking and intuition, and develop more intense relationships.