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

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Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT) Andrew McAfee (MIT)

The Second Machine Age

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

Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT), Andrew McAfee (MIT)

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Norton
21 February 2014

Economics & Business; Impact of science & technology on society; Ethical & social aspects of computing

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.

By: Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT), Andrew McAfee (MIT)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9780393239355
ISBN 10: 0393239357
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 21 February 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Brynjolfsson and McAfee do an amazing job of explaining the progression of technology, giving us a glimpse of the future, and explaining the economics of these advances. And they provide sound policy prescriptions. Their book could also have been titled Exponential Economics 101--it is a must-read. --Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at Duke University s Pratt School of Engineering and author of The Immigrant Exodus