To embrace the future with imagination is clairvoyance. This book is composed of science fiction and modern technology, as a way of exploring the time-space of 2041, it is captivating and fascinating. Let’s take an exciting journey to 2041 with ten short stories of this book.

#AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

南海，台灣和日本將近60％的能源供應水道，與中國80％的原油進口均需要借助南海走廊，由印度洋通抵亞洲，其重要性不可言喻。除了東北亞與波斯灣，南海是全球第三重要的戰略據點，表面上美國在此項羽舞劍，更重要的是美國需要確保在此的航道自由，得以確保霸主地位不變。

Digital technology was not only a tool, but a formidable weapon in terms of privacy, cybersecurity, social media, broadband, information gap, ethical standards, human rights, etc. People always used these technologies to improve their own life, to the contrary, someone with bad intention tried to outrageously disrupt the peace, such as disinformation and cyberattacks.

In a sense, encryption may be one of solutions to the aforementioned problems, in effect, this case-by-case solution was far from perfect in the upcoming digital age. It was just a part of equation. So, what can we do? How should we do? It is not yet completely clear in new ways.

This book by Brad Smith, a Microsoft’s president, pointed out some directions and answers from the impacts of the past to the challenges of the future. In short, it is worth reading.