Atul Jalan

For most of my life, I’ve been an avid reader of fiction — in fact, as a child and young teen, I grew up wanting to be a writer, and still want to be. In the past few years, my interests led me toward nonfiction, with a specific emphasis on books that explored the impact of technology on both an individual and societal level. In response to the volume of information available to us that technology has wrought (a subject of this book), the format in which I read has evolved from print to eBooks and, now, audio.

As technology moves from the realm of the visible to the invisible; embedded, pervasive programming that adds intelligence to even the most mundane objects and experiences — there will be an inevitable, ongoing conversation about the consequences, unintended or otherwise. That despite the unbounded trajectory of Technology power, Humans are also unbounded. Technology will keep taking ground but humans will keep taking the higher ground.

Here in ‘Where Will Man Take Us?’, Atul Jalan presents a wonderful mish-mash of thoughts, comparisons, personal experiences, and research. The book was so stuffed full of ideas and I devoured them eagerly. I'm compelled get up out of bed and write down some thoughts after finishing Where Will Man Take Us. I did a double-take when Atul Jalan wrote about Artificial Intelligence.

In ‘Where Will Man Take Us?’ Atul Jalan makes the case that the grand sweep and direction of technology shares parallels with evolutionary principles. This is a history and culture book as much as it's a "technology" or futurism book. It's one of the few books I've read in the last decade that really deserved to be a BOOK that commands your attention and requires immersive reading.

This book was not a monograph, but an opinion piece where one can feel the author’s knowledge and enthusiasm. It was like listening to the author’s monologue at a bar, nodding at times, raising an eyebrow at others, often scratching one’s head to develop some new thoughts on the topic of technology as the 7th kingdom of life. But for all the thoughtful reservations, ‘Where Will Man Take Us?’ is hugely positive. Probably author Atul Jalan’s years of research, and years of knowledge and experience before that, are here used to brilliant effect, to construct an ambitious intellectual framework through which to view the patterns and forces that shape technological change, together with the bigger scientific picture into which, Atul Jalan argues, technology fits.

The way you see the world is likely to change by the end, and if you're not already immersed in the tech industry, then I guarantee you'll be talking about and recommending it to others.… (plus d'informations)

Book Title: Where Will Man Take Us?: The bold story of the man technology is creating
Author: Atul Jalan
Format: Paperback

Book Title:
The title of the book ' Where Will Man Take Us?: The bold story of the man technology is creating ' is thought-provoking and riveting.

Book Cover:
The cover image of the book is a simple image in a plain dark yellow color with real flies and drones flying. The creatures both real and man-made reflect the decreasing distance between reality and automated lives of humans.

Inside the book:
The author in the book talks about the journey of a human entwined with technology right from the start of life.

The word technology and technique are inter-related and since the moment when the first human discovered that he can move, crawl, walk and run, the technique of using his legs came into existence. Thus started the advent of enhancing the little known techniques and thus many technologies have emerged. Right from the manual usage of human intelligence to the extent of a machine doing a humans work there has been a lot of development in perceiving the raw knowledge and creating it into a processed language.

In this process, the author talks about Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Art of counting, communication between worlds and the concept of science against God or the power. This book instantly attracts every reader with its fantastic narration and clear language. The book's narration in the first person is the icing on the cake as a reader will unknowingly travel with the narrator throughout the book's journey.

To a technology loving person the concepts of nanotechnology, quantum physics, robotics, cryptocurrency, alien world and its communication with humankind, genetics, data science, data mining and data management in various aspects of life along with theories and postulates given by great people like Stephen Hawkins, Alan Turing and many other historians and the famous quotes by them brings beauty to the book.

The author has taken extreme interest in binding every topic with nature, science, old knowledge, and new technologies. The book is a wonderful read.

What I like:
1. The evolution of science and technology in the universe
2. The amount of research the author did in presenting the known facts with backing theories is commendable.
3. The chapters that are placed in a very interesting manner
4. Mentioning the list of reference articles, books, and papers used in writing the book is found very useful

What I didn't like:
An obsolete section! haha

Narration:
One of the finest narrations I have seen in the recent books that I read. Easy and simple language with a good pace that makes a reader comfortable is found in the book.

Language & Grammar:
A very nicely balanced and composed language with good grammar is found in the book.

My Final Verdict:
A brilliant book with great insight into technology's evolution.

Book Title: 5/5
Book Cover: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Narration: 5/5
Language & Grammar: 5/5
Final Rating: 5/5… (plus d'informations)