Bold New World: The Essential Road Map to the 21st Century

From the president of the Harvard Capital Group and a corporate futurist comes an incisive analysis of the future of our society in the information age, examining the impact of technology on economics, politics, work, communications, and our daily lives.

Futurologist William Knoke describes economics, communication and relationships in the third millennium. The world, Knoke says, will be a placeless society as cyberspace transactions replace the need to be anywhere. Sections of the book begin with vignettes involving individuals in various situations. In audio, these are particularly effective because the voices combine international, generic, sci-fi and high-tech tones. These voices aptly convey the placelessness described in the text. David Brand reads the rest of the text in a fresh voice with a hint of angst. While the book doesn't measure up to its predecessor--Megatrends--astute editing makes it an agreeable, if not erudite, audio offering. D.W.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine