This is not an insurance article, but simply a well-written, brief but comprehensive summary of the recent waves of tech-driven change and where we are right now.
A great primer if you are trying to better understand the way tech is impacting the world in order to start thinking about the impact of #InsTech
I tend to think we are on the cusp of not one but multiple new eras. The “peace dividend of the smartphone war” created a Cambrian explosion of new devices, and developments in software, especially AI, will make those devices smart and useful. Many of the futuristic technologies discussed above exist today, and will be broadly accessible in the near future.
https://medium.com/software-is-eating-the-world/what-s-next-in-computing-e54b870b80cc#.xggt8z5ju