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The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.

The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.

Update: 2025-10-16
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It’s easy enough to celebrate “disruptive” technologies, but all that disruption can have a real human cost. Job loss, anxiety, environmental fallout — every major shift creates winners and losers. But today’s author says the upsides may be worth the turmoil. Scott D. Anthony is a clinical professor of strategy at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and in his new book, Epic Disruptions, he looks back at the biggest technological upheavals in history — from the printing press to AI — to uncover patterns that can help us not just survive disruption, but thrive in it.

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The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.

The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.

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