The west risks being left behind if it does not embrace new technology

Sectors ranging from finance to transport and media are changing at a rapid pace – but governments have yet to catch upOne of the most difficult challenges facing western governments today is to enable and channel the transformative – and, for individuals and companies, self-empowering – forces of technological innovation. They will not succeed unless they become more open to creative destruction, allowing not only tools and procedures, but also mindsets, to be revamped and upg