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The second machine age : work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies / Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee. by Brynjolfsson, Erik. W. W. Norton & Co., c2014. Call #: 303.483 B916s Subjects Information technology -- Economic aspects.   Economic development -- Technological innovations.   Social stratification. ISBN:  9780393239355 (hc.) 0393239357 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-292) and index. Contents:  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"). Summary:  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. Other authors:  McAfee, Andrew. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 303.483 B916s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 303.483 B916s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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