Digital Transformation and the 4IR - AI, Blockchain, IoT, Fintech

Digital Transformation and the 4IR – AI, Blockchain, IoT, Fintech is not a steady, fixed concept. It has evolved swiftly, over the course of various years, by gradual improvements of the technology, particularly the Internet, which fostered increasing digitization. Jeremy Rifkin, a US economist, futurist, and sociologist, who has analysed the shifts in society due to technology over the course of various decades, has written widely about the topic. He was the first one to tackle the impact of digital technologies and how these were triggering what he saw as a profound industrial shift. He described that shift, which he called "third industrial revolution", in his book "The Third Industrial Revolution; How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World" (2011).