The Third Wave

AOL cofounder and entrepreneur Steve Case narrates his prescient guide with the confidence you'd expect from a top-shelf Internet pioneer. With the digital age's fascinating history propelling the narrative, his conversational writing and authentic delivery promote curiosity and make these chapters fly by. At first, he says, we used the Internet as a communication tool--like mail and telephones. Then mobile devices gave us 24/7 access to everything, including aggregated information and the power of social networks. In the third wave, wireless digital communication and big data analysis will create a host of new businesses that were previously unthinkable. He says the digital infrastructure behind these innovations will connect everything and have a profound effect on the evolution of all earth's creatures, especially humans. T.W. � AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine