The Intelligent Age Explained: Professor Klaus Schwab on AI, Longevity & the Future of Work

For decades, we’ve talked about the digital revolution - but according to Professor Klaus Schwab, we’ve already moved beyond it. We’re now entering what he calls the Intelligent Age - where intelligence itself becomes the most valuable resource on Earth.

Professor Klaus Schwab is Founder of the World Economic Forum and one of the most influential thinkers on how technological and societal systems evolve ( https://schwabacademy.org/klaus-schwab ).

Over more than five decades, Professor Schwab helped shape global conversations around stakeholder capitalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution - frameworks that examined how digital technologies were transforming economies and institutions.

Now, in a new phase of his work, Professor Schwab has turned his focus to what he calls the “Intelligent Age” - a period defined not just by digital tools, but by the convergence of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing as foundational drivers of society.

Through a series of recent books - including Thriving and Leading in the Intelligent Age, Longevity and Retirement in the Intelligent Age, Restoring Truth and Trust, and Universities in the Intelligent Age - he explores how intelligence itself is becoming the world’s most important resource, and what that means for leadership, education, institutions, and human purpose.

At the core of Professor Schwab's work is a central question:
How do we ensure that as machines become more intelligent, societies become more human?

Important Episode Links -

Schwab Academy - https://schwabacademy.org/

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - https://www.schwabfound.org/home

Global Shapers Community - https://www.globalshapers.org/home

Thriving and Leading in the Intelligent Age: Mastering Change with Purpose - https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Leading-Intelligent-Age-Mastering/dp/297019547X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

Longevity and Retirement in the Intelligent Age: Opening New Horizons in Later Life - https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Retirement-Intelligent-Age-Horizons/dp/2970198800/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

Universities, Professors, and Students in the Intelligent Age: A Call for Systems Change - https://www.amazon.com/Universities-Professors-Students-Intelligent-Age/dp/2970198878/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

Restoring Truth and Trust: An Agenda for the Intelligent Age - https://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Truth-Trust-Agenda-Intelligent/dp/2970198835/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 

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