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24 alternatives to The Industries of the Future

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Industries of the Future launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Industries of the Future▲60

   Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Industries of the Future ▲6

   Industries that will shape the 21st century

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Industries of the Future ▲2

   How to navigate advances that will emerge in the future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Industries of the Future ▲72

   The Industries of the Future By Alec Ross

   2016 · alecross.com · its alternatives →

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   The Inevitable▲66

   The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Competing for the Future▲54

   The art of planning for the future

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

   What's the future?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Technotopia▲96

   A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

   2015 · publishizer.com · its alternatives →

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   The Second Machine Age▲66

   Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    This Will Change Everything▲62

    Ideas That Will Shape the Future

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Future Timeline▲115

    Predicts advancements in science and technology

    2015 · futuretimeline.net · its alternatives →

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    The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61

    An optimistic road map for the future

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The New Digital Age▲59

    In the next decade, 5 bil new people will join the Internet

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future▲62

    The ingenious ideas that drive today's computers.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Powering the Future▲88

    How we will fuel the civilization of tomorrow

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Real World of Technology ▲62

    The complex relationship between technology and society

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72

    The front lines of a new industrial revolution

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    The Idea Machine▲56

    Now ideas can be produced industrially

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Physics of the Future▲73

    How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up To Us▲142

    From the WTF? economy to the Next Economy

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Become An Idea Machine▲88

    Because ideas are the currency of the 21st Century

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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