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The New Digital Age: Reshaping The Future Of People, Nations And Business is an interesting perspective on the digital future from the eyes of two of the brightest minds in the digital world. Summary Of The Book The New Digital Age: Reshaping The Future Of People, Nations And Business discusses the existence of two civilizations, the digital world and the physical world. The current world that we live in evolved over multiple centuries whereas the the digital world into existence recently. While the current world is calculated and structured with the amalgamation of cultures, religion, states, governments, policies, and laws, the developing digital age is ungoverned, unstructured and almost anarchist at times. The New Digital Age: Reshaping The Future Of People, Nations And Business talks at length about the peaceful co-existence of both these worlds. However, it also highlights how these two civilizations or worlds often negate each other and come into conflict. As more and more people start using the internet every year, people should adapt to the technological advances or suffer the consequences. The authors, being two powerful people of the digital world, do not really paint a rosy picture of the future. In fact, the book is sort of a warning of the impending doom for which we must prepare. The authors have used interesting and probable points of discussions like Online Vigilantism, Virtual Honor Killings, Camera Drones, Cyber Terrorism, Balkanization and many other topics that will accommodate much of the cyberspace in the future. The New Digital Age: Reshaping The Future Of People, Nations And Business contains many theories and perspectives which makes it an interesting topic for debates and discussions. Also, topics like Internet Privacy, Intellectual Property Rights and other cyber security issues make for an interesting read. About The Authors Jared Cohen is the founder and Director of Google Ideas. Cohen has authored three books, One Hundred Days Of Silence: America And The Rwanda Genocide, Children Of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth Of The Middle East and The Dark Side Of The Digital Revolution. Cohen was born in Weston, Connecticut. He was an all-state soccer player in high school and holds a degree in history and political science from Stanford University. Cohen has served as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, working under Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. At present, he works for Google. He was named as one of the most influential people by Time Magazine. Eric Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of Google. He is also a software engineer and a businessperson. Schmidt was born in Washington, D.C. in 1955. He has an electrical engineering degree from Princeton University, a doctorate and master’s of science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. At present, Schmidt is working for Google and is also a member of the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He previously worked for Sun Microsystems, Apple, and Innovation Endeavors.