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“casper jaspers”

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  • Technology and Governance

    by Casper Jaspers ...
    The relationship between humans and technology is one of immense progress. It encompasses many life-changing inventions such as fire and electricity, which have had a positive impact on humanity overall. But technology is developing so rapidly that we rarely take a moment to reflect on whether we are shaping technology or whether it is shaping us.How much do you know about key technologies such as ... Read more

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    Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

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  • The Zero Marginal Cost Society

    The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism

    by Jeremy Rifkin ...
    The New York Times–bestselling author describes how current trends will create an era when anything and everything is available for almost nothing.In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times–bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin uncovers a paradox at the heart of capitalism that has propelled it to greatness but is now taking it to its death—the inherent entrepreneurial dynamism of competitive ... Read more

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  • Machine, Platform, Crowd

    Harnessing Our Digital Future

    by Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson ...
    “A clear and crisply written account of machine intelligence, big data and the sharing economy. But McAfee and Brynjolfsson also wisely acknowledge the limitations of their futurology and avoid over-simplification.” —Financial TimesIn The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on our lives and businesses. Now they ... Read more

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  • The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

    Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

    by Nicholas Carr ...
    “Magisterial. . . . Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today’s computing world.”—SalonHailed as “the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement” (Christian Science Monitor), The Big Switch makes a simple and profound statement: Computing is turning into a utility, and the effects of this transition will ... Read more

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  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution

    by Klaus Schwab ...
    World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... Read more

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  • A World Without Work

    Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond

    by Daniel Susskind ...
    A World Without Work: A Visionary Account of How AI Will Transform the World of WorkFrom mechanical looms to computers, new technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. For centuries, such fears have been misplaced, but as Daniel Susskind demonstrates in A World Without Work, this time is different. Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds ... Read more

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  • Radical Technologies

    The Design of Everyday Life

    by Adam Greenfield ...
    A “tremendously intelligent and stylish” guide to the new technologies that are transforming our everyday lives, in ways both good and bad (Guardian)Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with ... Read more

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  • The Efficiency Paradox

    What Big Data Can't Do

    by Edward Tenner ...
    A "skillful and lucid" (The Wall Street Journal) way of thinking about efficiency, challenging our obsession with it—and offering a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity.Algorithms, multitasking, the sharing economy, life hacks: our culture can't get enough of efficiency. One of the great promises of the Internet and big data revolutions is the idea that we ... Read more

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  • Identity is the New Money

    by David Birch ...
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    This book argues that identity and money are both changing profoundly. Because of technological change the two trends are converging so that all that we need for transacting will be our identities captured in the unique record of our online social contacts. Social networks and mobile phones are the key technologies. They will enable the building of an identity infrastructure that can enhance both ... Read more

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    The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together

    by Thomas W. Malone ...
    From the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence comes a fascinating look at the remarkable capacity for intelligence exhibited by groups of people and computers working together.If you're like most people, you probably believe that humans are the most intelligent animals on our planet. But there's another kind of entity that can be far smarter: groups of people. In this ... Read more

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  • The Year in Tech 2022: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

    The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

    by Harvard Business Review, Larry Downes, Jeanne C. Meister, David B. Yoffie, Maelle Gavet ...
    Series series HBR Insights Series
    A collection of HBR's newest, best, smartest, and most urgent articles on cutting-edge technologies, business models, and innovations of the past year to help you compete today and prepare your company for the future.Curates HBR's latest thinking on the most important advances in technology and new innovations of the past year.Gets leaders and managers up to speed quickly on what they need to know ... Read more

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