The raging 2020s with Alec Ross

Alec Ross is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book, The Raging 2020s, puts forth the idea that a new social contract could restore the balance of power between government, citizens, and business in modern America. In short, he spends a lot of time thinking about what’s next.Before he was one of the world’s leading experts on innovation, Alec was a night-shift janitor and a Baltimore school teacher. Currently, he is a board partner at Amplo, a global VC firm and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at The University of Bologna Business School. He has served as a senior fellow at both Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities.Previously, he was Senior Advisor for Innovation to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and also served Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.Alec is the author of the New York Times best-seller The Industries of the Future — which has been translated into 24 languages and was a best-seller on 5 continents.Alex RossTwitter: twitter.com/AlecJRossYou can follow Jessica Yellin here:Instagram: instagram.com/jessicayellin​Twitter: twitter.com/jessicayellinFacebook: facebook.com/newsnotnoiseWebsite: NewsNotNoise.comNewsletter: newsnotnoise.bulletin.comSupport this work:patreon.com/NewsNotNoiseJessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a channel dedicated to giving you news with real experts and providing information, not a panic attack. Jessica is a veteran of network news, traveling the globe, covering conflict and crisis. A former Chief White House Correspondent for CNN, she reported from around the world and won awards. Now, Yellin uses her voice to break down the news, calmly and clearly for you -- free of punditry, provocation, and yelling.