Charles PattonCharles Patton is an author, former technology executive, and longtime student of how technology, institutions, and human choices shape the future. With a degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago he spent much of his career at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and organizational leadership.His career ranged from computer programming to senior executive positions, including CIO and company president, giving him firsthand experience with the accelerating impact of technology on work, organizations, decision-making, and society.Patton has written extensively about artificial intelligence, consciousness, government, strategy, leadership, and the future. In The Next Human Century, he brings that analytical perspective to the forces likely to shape the decades ahead-including AI, longevity, employment, wealth and power, education, energy, government, culture, and human enhancement. Read More Read Less