How to Disappear and The Fourth Age

By: Frank M Hearn: How to Disappear   613.6 AHE

By: Bryon Reese: Th Fourth Age  303.48 

Genre: IT nerdy futures stuff

Here are a couple of books for you IT people. 

The first called How to Disappear  is the authoritative and comprehensive guide for people who seek to protect their privacy as well as for anyone who’s ever entertained the fantasy of disappearing—whether actually dropping out of sight or by eliminating the traceable evidence of their existence. 

The second called The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species.

In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the case that technology has reshaped humanity just three times in history: 

- 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language.

- 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare.                                                                                

 5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which lead to the nation state.

We are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and robotics