num_pages: 416
description: A clear and crisply written account of machine intelligence big data and the sharing economy. But McAfee and Brynjolfsson also wisely acknowledge the limitations of their futurology and avoid over-simplification.  Financial Times 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 theyve 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.
language: English
title: Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company