Screen LibraryThe industries of the future /
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| Published: |
Simon & Schuster,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781476753652 (hardback) : 1476753652 (hardback) 9781476753669 (trade paperback) 1476753660 (trade paperback) 9781501140792 1501140795 |
| Index Number: | HC79 |
| CLC: | F403.6 |
| Call Number: | F403.6/R823 |
| Contents: | Here come the robots : welcome your new job takers and caregivers. The coming decade will see societies transform as humans learn to live alongside robots -- The future of the human machine : the last trillion-dollar industry was built on a code of 1s and 0s. The next will be built on our own genetic code -- The code-ification of money, markets, and trust : is there an algorithm for trust? New ways to exchange are forcing a rewrite of the compact between corporation, citizen, and government -- The weaponization of code : the world has left the Cold War behind only to enter into a Code War -- Data, the raw material of the information age : land was the raw material of the agricultural age. Iron was the raw material of the industrial age. Data is the raw material of the information age -- The geography of future markets : world leaders take notice -- the 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak -- Conclusion: The most important job you will ever have. |