The second machine age : work, progress, and prosperity in the time of brilliant technologies / Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee.
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TextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, cop. 2014.Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780393239355
- 0393239357
- McAfee, Andrew [author]
- 303.483 BRY
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 303.483 BRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100481911 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In recent years, computers have learned to diagnose diseases, drive cars, write clean prose and win game shows. Advances like these have created unprecedented economic bounty but in their wake median income has stagnated and employment levels have fallen. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee reveal the technological forces driving this reinvention of the economy and chart a path towards future prosperity. Businesses and individuals, they argue, must learn to race with machines. Drawing on years of research, Brynjolfsson and McAfee identify the best strategies and policies for doing so. A fundamentally optimistic book, The Second Machine Age will radically alter how we think about issues of technological, societal and economic progress.
The big stories -- The skills of the new machines : technology races ahead -- Moore\'s law and the second half of the chessboard -- The digitization of just about everything -- Innovation : declining or recombining? -- Artificial and human intelligence in the second machine age -- Computing bounty -- Beyond GDP -- The spread -- The biggest winners : stars and superstars -- Implications of the bounty and the spread -- Learning to race with machines : recommendations for individuals -- Policy recommendations -- Long-term recommendations -- Technology and the future (which is very different from technology is the future) -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Chapter 1 The Big Stories (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 The Skills of the New Machines: Technology Races Ahead (p. 13)
- Chapter 3 Moore's Law and the Second Half of the Chessboard (p. 39)
- Chapter 4 The Digitization of Just About Everything (p. 57)
- Chapter 5 Innovation: Declining or Recombining? (p. 71)
- Chapter 6 Artificial and Human Intelligence in the Second Machine Age (p. 89)
- Chapter 7 Computing Bounty (p. 97)
- Chapter 8 Beyond GDP (p. 107)
- Chapter 9 The Spread (p. 125)
- Chapter 10 The Biggest Winners: Stars and Superstars (p. 147)
- Chapter 11 Implications of the Bounty and the Spread (p. 163)
- Chapter 12 Learning to Race with Machines: Recommendations For Individuals (p. 287)
- Chapter 13 Policy Recommendations (p. 205)
- Chapter 14 Long-Term Recommendations (p. 229)
- Chapter 15 Technology and the Future (Which is Very Different from "Technology is the Future") (p. 249)
- Acknowledgments (p. 259)
- Notes (p. 263)
- Illustration Sources (p. 293)
- Index (p. 295)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Center for Digital Business. He is the author of several books including Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy and The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies.(Bowker Author Biography)