Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

By Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

Book Overview

In The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on our lives and businesses. Now they've written a guide to help readers make the most of our collective future. Machine Platform Crowd outlines the opportunities and challenges inherent in the science fiction technologies that have come to life in recent years, like self-driving cars and 3D printers, online platforms for renting outfits and scheduling workouts, or crowd-sourced medical research and financial instruments.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039335606X
• ISBN13: 9780393356069
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"