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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee

A pair of technology experts describe how humans will have to keep pace with machines in order to become prosperous in the future and identify strategies and policies for business and individuals to use to combine digital processing power with human ingenuity.

TechnologyTechnology · high confidenceTechnology81 signalsLlm Classifier: Technology -> TechnologyOpen Library: Information technology -> TechnologyOpen Library: E-Business -> Business & EconomicsTechnology, Computing & AIBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsIntelligence, Secrecy & SurveillanceLabor, Work & Organizing

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
FT Business Book of the YearMajor2014ShortlistSecondary source
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