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Future Ready

Innovation, Abundance And The Global South

By: UZAIR YOUNUS

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Paperback | 25 July 2025

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"It's a powerful sweep of the path to development in the 21st century, informative as well as prescriptive."

- Shuja Nawaz

"... a path-breaking contribution to one of the most important debates of our times."

- Dr. Maleeha Lodhi

"A must-read for students of technology and development."

- Amir Husain

The future is often framed as a crisis-automation stealing jobs, polarization tearing societies apart, and global supply chains in disarray. But what if, instead of collapse, we are on the brink of a new era of abundance?

In Future-Ready, Uzair Younus challenges conventional narratives of stagnation and decline, arguing that emerging technologies-distributed solar energy, precision agriculture, digital money, and artificial intelligence-are not just transforming industries, but redefining how societies in the Global South can eliminate the scarcity of energy, capital, and productivity that has held them back for centuries.

This book offers a roadmap for harnessing disruptive innovation to build a future of prosperity-one where individuals, rather than institutions, are at the center of economic transformation. With real-world examples from across South Asia, Africa, and beyond, Future-Ready is a compelling argument for why the next great wave of human advancement will be led by those who dare to imagine a better future.

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Future Ready

Innovation, Abundance And The Global South

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"It's a powerful sweep of the path to development in the 21st century, informative as well as prescriptive."

- Shuja Nawaz

"... a path-breaking contribution to one of the most important debates of our times."

- Dr. Maleeha Lodhi

"A must-read for students of technology and development."

- Amir Husain

The future is often framed as a crisis-automation stealing jobs, polarization tearing societies apart, and global supply chains in disarray. But what if, instead of collapse, we are on the brink of a new era of abundance?

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