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“darryl campbell”

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  • Fatal Abstraction

    Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software

    by Darryl Campbell ...
    A tech insider explains how capitalism and software development make for such a dangerous mix.Software was supposed to radically improve society. Outdated mechanical systems would be easily replaced; programs like PowerPoint would make information flow more freely; social media platforms like Facebook would bring people together; and generative AI would solve the world’s greatest ills. Yet in ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Fatal Abstraction

    Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software

    by Darryl Campbell ...
    Narrated by Bob Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 10 min

    Software was supposed to radically improve society. Outdated mechanical systems would be easily replaced; social media platforms like Facebook would bring people together; and generative AI would solve the world’s greatest ills. Yet in practice, few of the systems we looked to with such high hopes have lived up to their fundamental mandate. In fact, in too many cases they've made things worse. How ... Read more

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  • The Signals Are Talking

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  • The Crux

    How Leaders Become Strategists

    by Richard P. Rumelt ...
    Financial Times, Best Business BooksForbes, Best Business BooksThe Next Big Idea Club, Best Leadership BooksThe Globe & Mail, Best Management Books“A bracingly direct guide about the pitfalls of strategy, based around a climbing metaphor" (Financial Times)What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and incoherent ... Read more

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  • WTF?

    What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us

    by Tim O'Reilly ...
    Can we master the technologies we create before they master us? A "punchy and provocative" assessment by one of Silicon Valley's sharpest observers ( Financial Times).WTF? can be an expression of amazement or of dismay—and today's technology elicits both reactions. In this book, Tim O'Reilly, dubbed "the Oracle of Silicon Valley" by Inc. magazine, explores the upsides—and potential downsides—of ... Read more

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  • The Fuzzy and the Techie

    Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World

    by Scott Hartley ...
    "Artfully explains why it is time for us to get over the false division between the human and the technical."—Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO and author of Change by DesignScott Hartley first heard the terms fuzzy and techie while studying political science at Stanford University. If you majored in humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy. If you majored in computer or hard sciences, you were a ... Read more

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  • The Devil Never Sleeps

    Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters

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  • The Exponential Age

    How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society

    by Azeem Azhar ...
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  • The Space Economy

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  • Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles

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    by Jeffrey Funk ...
    New technologies are an investment minefield. Putting money behind them means taking a risk on unproven ventures, often from inexperienced (and potentially unscrupulous) developers.While some will lead the investor to fantastic gains, many others turn out to be mere bubbles – a flimsy veneer of excitement and hype with little profitable at the core.But ignoring these technologies can be even worse ... Read more

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