The COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly shattered our world's once linear, smooth, and predictable trajectory. This black swan event has changed human history, triggering a massive global crisis and dragging us into a situation not seen for one hundred years. The virus and its variants have infected hundreds of millions of people worldwide and killed millions; it has dramatically impacted the political and economic patterns of the current times.

How do we figure out the many changes in our new, unpredictable world?

Which directions are necessary to re-establish a safe, peaceful, and promising future for humanity?

In Future Forward, author Dr. Kevin Chen provides rigorous and coherent content to help readers sort out the clues, re-understand the world amidst the current and complex information, and make predictions about the development of related technologies, society, business, and leadership needed in the post-COVID years.

Kevin Chen is a renowned science and technology writer and scholar. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University, a postdoctoral scholar at Cambridge, and an invited course professor at Peking University. He has served as a special commentator and columnist for the People's Daily, CCTV, the China Business Network, SINA, NetEase, and many other media outlets. He has published monographs in numerous domains, including finance, science and technology, real estate, medical treatments, and industrial design. He currently lives in Hong Kong.