Digital Minds for a New Europe

In this fascinating collection, some of Europe's leading minds set out their vision for the digital world of tomorrow. What challenges will we face? What new ways of living will technology make possible? Contributors range from Google's Eric Schmidt to the Vatican's Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli to leading string theorist Robbert Dijkgraaf, film maker David Puttnam, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, architect Rem Koolhaas, businessman Sir Martin Sorrell and the team leading the European Commission's ambitious Human Brain Project. Neelie Kroes, former vice-president of the European Commission (2009-2014) and European Commissioner responsible for the digital agenda, opens with a foreword. A fascinating read for anyone interested in the future, in the multiple paths it could take and in the need to start thinking more clearly about it today.