Advance Praise
All leaders must realize that its their people, and not technology, that will be the biggest competitive advantage for their organizations to succeed in this new world. As human beings, we have the ingenuity, the talent, the intelligence, and the knowledge to create opportunity from all the disruption and change we are experiencing. I highly recommend this great book by David and Carlos. The transHuman Code should be on everyones required reading list!
Leena Nair, chief human resources officer of Unilever, global champion for the establishment of human-centric leadership initiatives, including diversity and inclusion, for over 160,000 employees in 190 countries
Human society is being transformed by new technologies, and the big question is: What is the DNA of this emerging new world? David and Carlos have assembled a tremendous resource for understanding what this transHuman world will look like and, more importantly, how we can guide it to be a world whose character is more human than technological. A must-read!
Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, co-creator of the MIT Media Lab, director MIT Connection Science, one of the most cited scientists in the world, a serial entrepreneur, and author of Trust::Data and Social Physics
We are living in a time of profound disruption, which is creating both unparalleled opportunity and threat. It is essential, as we navigate our way toward our uncertain future, that the best of humanity is strengthened and protected and not irrevocably compromised. Strong, thoughtful leadership and creative ideas are needed. This incredibly important book provides just that.
Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph, advocate and activist for student-centered transformational leadership, and global innovator merging business and corporate social responsibility study
The new digital age, or the new AI age, poses an interesting paradox for us. On one hand, it promises us the opportunity to live richer, fuller, and more rewarding lives by embracing the productivity and connectivity it offers. On the other, it poses a challenge of marginalization for some sections of the population and more broadly creates anxiety about the relevance of humanity. This book handles these questions deftly and comes down decisively on the side of the optimists, the dreamers, and the doers!
Mohit Joshi, president of Infosys and a global technology industry pioneer leading the companys innovative Banking, Financial Services, & Insurance and Healthcare and Life Science practice groups, which are transforming companies around the world
In a time when climate change is making catastrophic weather events more frequent and scarcity of water more dramatic, we need to think how technology can be refocused to human needs. The transHuman code is reversing the machinehuman balance to make our forward thinking start from the human element. It is a change of paradigm that we have the opportunity to realize with the help of the transHuman initiative. Everyone should read this book and contribute on finding the way.
Dr. Enrico Fucile, chief of the Data Representation, Metadata and Monitoring Division, World Meteorlogical Organization, leading the gathering and predictive analysis of the increasingly important climate data from the 191 member countries
With The transHuman Code, we can establish the most important basic principle of technological innovationethics of use. Every coder should owe a moral responsibility to only create products that the whole world can use safely in the world of AI. We have been waiting too long for this book!
Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures, leading investment for the creator of the leading blockchain solutionEthereum, a social finance pioneer and a leading innovator in technology financing and advancement
This book is an essential reminder that human values require great attention no matter how impressive technology might become. The most powerful computer cannot replace human emotion, cannot substitute for ethical reflection, cannot render artistic expression obsolete. The transHuman Code forcefully urges us to embrace technology while keeping usthe readers, the humansfront and center.
Marc Firestone, president of External Affairs of PMI, global advocate for innovative change, and co-leader one of the most dynamic corporate transformations in history
We know where we are and where we are going to arrive; however, how we face that transition is a key element. David and Carlos are giving us a powerful platform where we can co-construct our best possible response as soon as possible. You have to read this book, and you have to interact and build with others the code with which we are going to produce our best way to evolve.
Elkin Echeverri Garcia, planning and foresight director of the Ruta N Medellin, a serial entrepreneur, Latam technology investor, and change agent in the rise of Smart Medellin Columbia
The future is, as always, uncertain. But now the range of possibilities is much broader than any time in human history. We can imagine the continuation of positive trends in the reduction of extreme poverty, decline in violence, enlargement of human rights, and expansion of democracy. It is obvious that technology accelerates everything. How we, together, respond and anticipate successfully is not at all obvious. David and Carlos have done us all an immense service by putting forward crucially important questions, accompanied by lots of data and information and enriched with provocative examples. All those who need to grapple with the challenges of the future, and thats all of us, will benefit from reading, pondering, and discussing this book.
Jack Faris, chairman of The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, social communications pioneer, and multilateral social innovation champion
Innovation is a creation by the minds, not from the code of machines. Therefore, we must work at the root of the minds to promote, accelerate, and deploy our best innovations: education of our young generations. David and Carlos The transHuman Code offers a thorough study of how a well-balanced interplay of technology and education will be the key to determining our collective future and the path toward embracing the ever-so-important concept of innovation for good.
Marc Deschamps, executive chairman of Drakestar Partners, one of the worlds leading technology investment banking firms, who founded his first IT company at age 17 before leading major corporate technology initiatives across Europe
In 1981, The Soul of a New Machine lauded the obsessive pursuit of a technology innovation that highlighted the feverish dedication of a few bright minds. The transHuman Code reminds us that humans remain at the center of automations evolution, with a collective responsibility to bring our unique sensibilities to bear, whether we are technologists or not. The transHuman Code invites everyone to be a part of the conversation.
Beth Porter, cofounder and CEO of Riff Learning, researcher and lecturer with the MIT Media Lab and Boston University Questrom School of Business, and an artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer
This is a book that delivers a long-term view on how to manage the convergence of humanity and technology. Only David and Carlos have the foresight and network to bring together a stellar group of experts on the sociopolitical impact of techno-economical transformations happening on a daily basis all over the world. This is indeed a great platform to engage us all in a conversation that is so critical to our future!