Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder

The best-selling book, Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder is a stimulating exploration of the future of the global economy and how blockchain technology is expected to revolutionize the way we live and do business.

In this book, George Gilder presents the idea that the world we live in is going to look very different in the next few years. Traditional regulations and political systems will soon be replaced by the decentralization of our world. Gilder argues that the emergence of blockchain technology will radically change our economy by providing increased opportunities for peer-to-peer distributed applications and data storage, revolutionizing both the financial industry and other industries.

Gilder looks closely at the amazing potential blockchain technology holds to open the global economy to new possibilities, while he simultaneously acknowledges the potential risks and challenges inherent in the new technology. He discusses how governments and businesses around the world have already begun utilizing the new technology, opening the door to new opportunities of infinite possibilities and promoting greater security, immediacy and efficiency in transactions.

Gilder also offers his perspective on how Google’s current monopoly on data and information has not been helpful in the advancement of new technology. Google has used its data-storing capabilities to keep data monopolies, eliminating competition and stifling innovation. By deploying blockchain technology and allowing for the decentralized storage of data, Gilder believes this could open the door for new technology and services that had previously been impossible due to data restrictions from established monopolies.

The book also highlights how highly secure and transparent blockchain technology offers a safe and dependable steward for its users. Blockchain will allow its users to have trust and faith in the system’s safety and reliability. Gilder ardently pushes the idea that blockchain can provide security against any malicious outside influence, while at the same time allowing freedom and autonomy to transact, exchange and store data.

Life After Google is an exciting exploration of the way blockchain technology is changing our lives, both as individuals and members of the global economy. Gilder offers a valuable insight on how the decentralization of the global economy through blockchain technology will create a world where society is ‘free from the whims of the State and its bureaucrats’, as well as the indispensable implications blockchain has for the global economy.

Gilder’s book is an insightful and thought-provoking read for those looking to better understand the rapidly developing blockchain technology and how it could radically reshape our world and the global economy in the not too distant future.