The Intelligent Age: A Field Guide to the Future

Rachel Malek's "The Intelligent Age: A Field Guide to the Future" invites readers to explore a rapidly unfolding world where human, machine, and ecosystem intelligences intricately intertwine and co-evolve. The book is being launched worldwide on August 15th, 2025, with pre-sales available on various platforms. Those interested in reviewing a copy in advance can reach out to Rachel directly.

This isn't just another book about technology; it's a profound inquiry into a "pivotal civilizational inflection" where non-biological systems are sensing, interpreting, and acting with growing autonomy, becoming an infrastructural force that guides cities, finance, and culture. Malek, a Canadian-born systemic transformation consultant now living in Ripacandida, Italy, writes from a unique perspective, balancing her deep expertise in AI with a lived connection to traditional rhythms, embodying the tension between tradition and transformation.

Malek emphasizes that the Intelligent Age is "ambient, like weather," a new ecology rather than a singular invention. It presents both immense opportunities for healing and regeneration, and risks of deepening divides and entrenching power. The book is a call to cultivate discernment, move with care, and engage in collective co-creation to ensure technology amplifies care, justice, and the flourishing of life. It challenges readers to become responsible stewards of a future that is not distant, but "unfolding now, in the choices we are making together".