Advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and digital surveillance are transforming the way people live, the way states govern, and how power is exerted in the international sphere. Understanding the promise and the perils of technology is critical to understanding where the world is headed. We’ve compiled some of the best Foreign Affairs coverage of how technology is reshaping the world, including three new essays in the latest issue of the magazine. Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, argues that “innovation power,” a country’s capacity to invent and adopt new technologies, will determine the outcome of today’s great-power competition. Lant Pritchett questions today’s drive toward automation and argues that lifting barriers to migration is a much better solution to labor shortages than replacing humans with machines. And Dan Wang examines what the United States needs to do to improve its manufacturing capabilities if it wants to compete with China on emerging technologies. Start reading below. |
