Exponential cover art

Exponential

How to Bridge the Gap Between Technology and Society

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Exponential

By: Azeem Azhar
Narrated by: Azeem Azhar
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

A revelatory guide to how technology is changing the world, from the creator of Exponential View.

We are entering the Exponential Age.

Over the last decade, Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist and creator of the Exponential View platform - has become our leading thinker on how technology is transforming business, politics and society. Now, Azhar offers a holistic way to think about the effects of new tech. Our society, Azhar argues, is afflicted by an 'exponential gap' - the gulf between the growing pace of technological change, and our institutions' struggle to keep up.

Exponential reveals how this exponential gap can explain the most pressing problems of our age. The gulf between traditional businesses and fast-growing digital platforms. The inability of nation states to deal with new forms of cyberwarfare. The polarisation between tech-savvy urban elites and the rest of the population. And the sclerotic response of liberal democracies to fast-moving social problems.

But the exponential gap is not inevitable. Drawing on fields as varied as economics, political science and psychology, Azhar sketches out how we can harness the power of tech to serve our real needs - fostering new forms of politics, innovative ways of working and fresh approaches to national defence.

Exponential technology can become a force for good. This book explains how.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Azeem Azhar (P)2021 Penguin Audio
History & Culture International Politics & Government Technology & Society Technology Business Socialism Capitalism Cyber Warfare China

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Alignment Problem cover art
Cogs and Monsters cover art
Scaling People cover art
Superintelligence cover art
Competing in the Age of AI cover art
Future You cover art
Scary Smart cover art
Follow the Money cover art
Basic Blockchain cover art
Internet for the People cover art
Work Without the Worker cover art
Web3 cover art
Super Founders cover art
The Future of Money cover art
The Sharing Economy cover art
Transition Point cover art

Critic reviews

"Azeem Azhar is one of the best-regarded thought leaders in the industry. But more importantly, he has a broad understanding of the exponential ways technology can be used to solve our biggest problems, shape our society and bridge cultural divides." (Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify)

All stars
Most relevant
Really good book for people wanting to best prepare for the future... Loads of things covered, that if read will ultimately get your mind ready for the future and welcome it with arms...

The book started well and then went exponential!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Azeem presents a compelling and intriguing look at the near future of the technologies driving out current economies. Listen to this if you want to learn about social and technical changes lively within your lifetime.

Excellent

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Really well written and narrated. Opens your eyes to the world and how we're evolving. Uplifting in this sometimes depressing world.

Eye opening and excellently written and narrated!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Well articulated and thought provoking concepts for the cautiously optimistic futurist. Azeem, thank you for making the effort to share these ideas.

Beware of the future

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Balanced yet thought provoking, on the interplay between technology, economics, sociology and politics and the resulting exponential challenges and opportunities facing human society, today and in the near future. Excellently narrated too.

Insightful and inspiring

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews