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Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick personal note. My new book, Connected<\/em>, is out October 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cars, factories, chips, robotics, ships, AI and biopharma look like different industries. Underneath, they run on the same architecture: sensors, a network, the cloud, and software that updates. Connected<\/em> follows that architecture across ten sectors and shows how Korea’s industrial groups and technology companies build and govern it, from Hyundai’s in-house software to Samsung and the biopharma cluster in Songdo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindle pre-order is open now: amazon.com\/dp\/B0H7VRNCRY<\/a>
The paperback arrives on October release day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also have a limited number of early PDF drafts. If you would like one, just reply to this email. If it is useful to you or your team, I would be glad to hear what you think.
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