{"id":19960,"date":"2023-06-28T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=19960"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:34:53","slug":"harpercollins-announces-new-book-by-best-selling-author-alex-tapscott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/harpercollins-announces-new-book-by-best-selling-author-alex-tapscott\/","title":{"rendered":"HarperCollins Announces New Book By Best-Selling Author Alex Tapscott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In\u00a0his timely new book\u00a0Web3: Charting the Internet\u2019s Next Economic and Cultural Frontier<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(HarperCollins),\u00a0award-winning author and technology investor\u00a0Alex Tapscott<\/strong>\u00a0provides a cutting-edge guide to the Internet\u2019s next era.\u00a0Web3\u00a0<\/em>is now available for preorder and will have its North American release September 19th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new era. In this indispensable book, Alex Tapscott, co-author of the best-seller Blockchain Revolution and co-founder of The Blockchain Research Institute, reveals the technologies and concepts that will lead to the biggest shake-up of business, culture, and society in a generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past three decades, we have moved from the \u201cRead-only Web,\u201d which had little more than static content, to the \u201cRead-Write Web,\u201d which turned internet users into content creators and offered endless opportunities to collaborate.\u00a0While this new Web revolutionized the media, retail, and other industries, intermediaries and tech giants\u00a0became gatekeepers, enacting barriers, imposing tolls, and stifling innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Web3, the \u201cRead-Write-Own<\/em>\u00a0Web\u201d\u2014a decentralized Internet where individuals own their own identities and can securely trade assets like money, securities, intellectual property, art, and data peer to peer. Web3 allows us to reimagine all industries and\u00a0support greater global participation in our digital economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book has received significant advance praise from leaders in business, government, media and beyond:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeb3 will have a profound impact on the global economy and our society.\u00a0<\/em>Alex Tapscott has once again stepped up with timely and essential guidance to help us navigate the tremendous change underway \u2013and the challenges and opportunities ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u00a0Dan Schulman, CEO, Paypal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeb3 is a breathtaking innovation that holds great promise but also peril for those who dismiss the future. Tapscott has written a book we need as we enter a new epoch for computing and for society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u00a0Larry Summers, former\u00a0United States Secretary of the Treasury<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the rise of generative AI, the metaverse and the next generation of blockchain, Web3 is now a breakthrough platform for innovators to rebuild the world of business and the global economy for a new era of prosperity. This extraordinary book shows how.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u00a0Klaus Schwab, Founder, World Economic Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith\u00a0Web3<\/em>,\u00a0Tapscott has captured the zeitgeist. With clarity of thought and deep insights, this book explores Web3\u2019s immense potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u00a0Steve Wozniak, Co-founder Apple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like all revolutionary innovations, Web3 comes with immense promise and potential peril for leaders in business and society. Tapscott\u2019s\u00a0Web3<\/em>\u00a0is an essential field guide to the internet\u2019 It is a book for everyone who cares about the future and wants to play a role in shaping it.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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