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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years--for businesses, governments, and the global community--and how we can navigate them. While Alec Ross was working as Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor on Innovation, he traveled to forty-one countries. He visited some of the toughest places in the world--from refugee camps of Congo to Syrian...
4) Financially forward: how to use today's digital tools to earn more, save better, and spend smarter
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Chief digital officer at Northwestern Mutual, founder/CEO of LearnVest, and New York Times bestelling author shows how to use the simple tools of the digital age to get more out of our money. We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully digital. From mobile pay to on-demand everything to cryptocurrencies, technology is rewriting the rules for how we earn, save, spend and invest. Technology...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Combined technology spending in today's global economy now tops $4.2 trillion dollars, a number larger than the gross domestic product of most nations. This rising global "Technology Economy" is most certainly a driving force in business today. In this program, IT benchmarking expert, Dr. Howard Rubin, introduces us to "Technology Economics," and explains how by "recognizing, mapping and understanding the interaction of technology investment and the...
8) The aisles have eyes: how retailers track your shopping, strip your privacy, and define your power
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
11) Only the paranoid survive: how to exploit the crisis points that challenge every company and career
Author
Publisher
Currency Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Pereus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may only need a handful of employees...
Author
Publisher
Infinity Pub
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This book offers a fresh look at the societal conditions
that foster innovation. Drawing on his experience as a
pioneer in GPS, Dr. Kalafus provides a comprehensive
historical analysis of practical and theoretical
innovations, and describes how science and technology
interacted to promote prosperity. The author develops a
concise set of factors that explain why some countries
produce more inventions...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1994 it would have taken about seven days to send someone a copy your holiday snaps. Now using a digital camera and email it takes about ten minutes. This fast-moving documentary takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the world of convergence. Technology change: In the early days computers were huge and needed to be kept in air-conditioned rooms. Next they moved to the desktop and the internet was developed. Memory and processing power increased, and...
Author
Publisher
Authors Equity
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Presents an optimistic vision of an AI-driven future, emphasizing its potential to enhance individual agency and societal outcomes while addressing challenges such as disinformation and job displacement; the book advocates for the inclusive and adaptive use of AI to foster positive change in education, healthcare, and personal empowerment.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity--the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview. Open this book, grasp the newest ideas from thought leaders of today, then spring off from them to move back through the past, one big idea at a time. Meet the people who gave birth to these ideas--and those who fought against them. Meet the MIT electrical engineer...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Enterprises today rely on technology, control systems, robotics and automated machinery to deliver high-quality products and services to global markets quickly and cost effectively. Experts tell us that the next major wave of innovation will center on the expansion of automated processes as industries and organizations look to further drive down costs, improve product quality and time-to-market. This expansion which analysts are calling "job" or "labor"...
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