Knowledge@Wharton: Please explain the premise behind your book.
Edward Hess: We human beings are going to be in a frantic footrace with smart machines to stay relevant. (What) we’re going to have to do well are those things which are uniquely human, such as our ability to create, innovate and relate at the highest emotional levels with other humans. In order to do that, we have to basically overcome our humanness. That’s the counter-intuitive part of this. We can’t stay relevant by trying to outthink Watson. Watson can process, remember, and recall much more information than us.
