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It highlights exponential velocity and unprecedented scale, driven by the fusion of emerging technologies across physical, digital, and biological domains. Key drivers include large-scale interconnection, massive data and processing capabilities, and breakthroughs in areas such as AI, robotics, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and 3D printing. It emphasizes far-reaching impacts on industries, business models, society, and governance.","World Economic Forum®© 2016 – All rights reserved.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise without the prior permission of the World Economic Forum.  \nISBN-13: 978-1-944835-01-9  \nISBN-10: 1944835016  \nREF: 231215  \nWorld Economic Forum  \n91–93 route de la Capite  \nCH-1223 Cologny/Geneva Switzerland [www.weforum.org](www.weforum.org)  \n3  \nContents  \nIntroduction  \n1. The Fourth Industrial Revolution  \n1. 1 Historical Context  \n1.2 Profound and Systemic Change  \n2. Drivers  \n2. 1 Megatrends  \n2.1.1 Physical  \n2.1.2 Digital  \n2.1.3 Biological  \n2.2 Tipping Points  \n3. Impact  \n3. 1 Economy  \n3.1.1 Growth  \n3.1.2 Employment  \n3.1.3 The Nature of Work  \n3.2 Business  \n3.2.1 Consumer Expectations  \n3.2.2 Data-Enhanced Products  \n3.2.3 Collaborative Innovation  \n3.2.4 New Operating Models  \n3.3 National and Global  \n3.3.1 Governments  \n3.3.2 Countries, Regions and Cities  \n3.3.3 International Security  \n3.4 Society  \n3.4.1 Inequality and the Middle Class  \n3.4.2 Community  \n3.5 The Individual  \n3.5.1 Identity, Morality and Ethics  \n3.5.2 Human Connection  \n3.5.3 Managing Public and Private Information  \nThe Way Forward  \nAcknowledgements  \nAppendix: Deep Shift  \n1. Implantable Technologies  \n2. Our Digital Presence  \n3. Vision as the New Interface  \n4. Wearable Internet  \n5. Ubiquitous Computing  \n6. A Supercomputer in Your Pocket  \n7. Storage for All  \n8. The Internet of and for Things  \n9. The Connected Home  \n10. Smart Cities  \n11. Big Data for Decisions  \n12. Driverless Cars  \n13. Artificial Intelligence and Decision-Making  \n14. AI and White-Collar Jobs  \n15. Robotics and Services  \n16. Bitcoin and the Blockchain  \n17. The Sharing Economy  \n18. Governments and the Blockchain  \n19. 3D Printing and Manufacturing  \n20. 3D Printing and Human Health  \n21. 3D Printing and Consumer Products  \n22. Designer Beings  \n23. Neurotechnologies  \nNotes  \nIntroduction  \nOf the many diverse and fascinating challenges we face today, the most intense and important is how to understand and shape the new technology revolution, which entails nothing less than a transformation of humankind. We are at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope and complexity, what I consider to be the fourth industrial revolution is unlike anything humankind has experienced before.  \nWe have yet to grasp fully the speed and breadth of this new revolution. Consider the unlimited possibilities of having billions of people connected by mobile devices, giving rise to unprecedented processing power, storage capabilities and knowledge access. Or think about the staggering confluence of emerging technology breakthroughs, covering wide-ranging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the internet of things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials science, energy storage and quantum computing, to name a few. Many of these innovations are in their infancy, but they are already reaching an inflection point in their development as they build on and amplify each other in a fusion of technologies across the physical, digital and biological worlds.  \nWe are witnessing profound shifts across all industries, marked by the emergence of new business models, the disruption1 of incumbents and thereshaping of production, consumption, transportation and delivery systems. On the societal front, a paradigm shift is underway in how we work and communicate, as well as how we express, inform and entertain ourselves. Equally, governments and institutions are being reshaped, as are systems of education, healthcare and transportation, among many others. 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