Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1543615791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A must read analysis of digital disruption" according to Mark Cliffe. Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson have done it again. ‘Machine, Platform, Crowd’ is a lucid and timely exploration of three powerful trends unleashed by the digital revolution. They describe the ‘three rebalancings’: first, as machine learning either complements or supplants human minds, secondly , as platforms drive the selection, . Mallow said ) The last ") The last 2 chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far" according to Mallow. Very interesting, and with lots of examples (which help my relatively non-technical brain.) The last 2 chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far, but it still doesn't make it crystal clear to me. On the whole a good read.. chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far. Very interesting, and with lots of examples (which help my relatively non-technical brain.) The last ") The last 2 chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far" according to Mallow. Very interesting, and with lots of examples (which help my relatively non-technical brain.) The last 2 chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far, but it still doesn't make it crystal clear to me. On the whole a good read.. chapters get a little dense--the explanation of block-chains may be the best I've seen so far, but it still doesn't make it crystal clear to me. On the whole a good read.. Five Stars Amazon Customer Great read
From the authors of the best-selling The Second Machine Age, a leader’s guide to success in a rapidly changing economy.We live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from the crowd are repeatedly more innovative than corporate research labs.MIT’s Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson know what it takes to master this digital-powered shift: we must rethink the integration of
The best way to stay on top of it is to understand the principles that will endure even as so much gets disrupted. That they’re evolving in parallel means we’re beginning to experience a new era of networked disruption, where productive but disorienting change becomes the status quo. The book compels us to ponder: will we apply technology to help accelerate development, improve living standards, and foster inclusive growth? Will we take advantage of its power to cut red tape, invest in education, unleash entrepreneurial energy, and create new kinds of jobs? The book is a
Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and one of the most cited scholars in information systems and economics.Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the MIT Center for Digital Business and the author of Enterprise 2.0. . They are the coauthors of Race Against the Machine