More than any other driving force, the power of multiple game-changing technologies is creating the future of U.S. economic and national security. These technologies are all “dual use”, holding unprecedented opportunities for innovation, and solutions to global challenges in food, energy, health, water, and resource preservation. These technologies, which will have profound impacts on our economic competitiveness and national security, are already propelling us to the precipice of a new industrial age that could disrupt numerous industries, and AI is transforming the relationships between humans and machines. At the same time, our biggest challenger on the world stage seeks to leverage this technology revolution to extend its own geopower.
In this unfolding new age, ensuring our national security, providing prosperity for our citizens, and asserting U.S. global leadership in numerous domains rest with the strength of our ability to innovate with speed and at scale. At this historic moment of change and challenge, the Council on Competitiveness “National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers” has issued a call to action undergirded by 50+ strategic recommendations arrayed and organized across seven strategic pillars. The first pillar calls for policymakers and private sector leader to adopt a new “National Strategic Vision for an Age of Technological Revolution and Geo-Strategic Challenge” –
