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"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance...
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THE GUIDE TO USING EVERYDAY TECH—FROM GOOGLE SEARCHES AND AMAZON TO GPS AND FACEBOOK—WITH EYES WIDE OPEN.
What if somebody knew everything about you? Your . . .
Somebody does. That somebody is "Big Tech."
Facebook,
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The world is at the precipice of a disruptive new era in which the ability to track every behavior will predict our individual and collective futures. Using artificial intelligence to analyze trillions of once-invisible data (behaviors) across vast digital ecosystems, companies and governments now have unimagined insight into our every behavior. Although making private behaviors "visible" may conjure a sense of 1984, the reality is that a new kind...
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The must-read summary of John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison's book: "The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion".
This complete summary of the ideas from John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison's book "The Power of Pull" shows that a profound change is underway in commerce and in society at large. In previous generations, elite planners created goods and services which were then offered...
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Did you know that 2019 marked the first time in history that people spent more time on their phones than watching TV?
The Billion Dollar App tells the story of the apps that have led to this seismic cultural transition. It covers the past decade of the app industry, examining its greatest triumphs and most dramatic failures to explore what makes an app a billion-dollar success.
The key to success consists of nine principles, which answer...
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The must-read summary of John Hagel III and Marc Singer's book: "Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules".
This complete summary of the ideas from John Hagel III and Marc Singer's book "Net Worth" shows that, until now, big businesses have held the upper hand in the gathering of information about consumers. These companies have, in turn, generated sizable revenues through selling this information on to other third parties — telemarketers,...
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The must-read summary of Ron Ricci and John Volkmann's book: "Momentum: How Companies Become Unstoppable Market Forces".
This complete summary of the ideas from Ron Ricci and John Volkmann's book "Momentum" shows that, in the marketplace of digital products, consumers make buying decisions based on the viability of the company offering the products or services. They don't want to buy products that cannot be upgraded in the future, or services that...
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Through analysis that's both rigorous and entertaining, Galloway outlines the path for the next trillion dollar company, the Fifth Horseman, and points to which companies are in the running. Uber for example or, less obvious, Microsoft and Starbucks. As with Peter Thiel's Zero to One; listeners will come away with fresh, game changing insights about what it takes to win in today's economy.
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