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The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
“Technology is overturning the world’s economies, and The Second Machine Age is the best explanation of this revolution yet written.”
The Second Machine Age: Fewer People ... More Technology
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Our generation will have more power to improve (or destroy) the world than any before, relying on fewer people and more technology.
Something very, very big happened over the last decade. It is being felt in every job, factory and school. We are at the start of the Second Machine Age.
Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times
"most debated nonfiction book ... this year." - David Brooks
A steady, secure life somewhere in the middle—average—is over.
Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s most influential economists, Tyler Cowen:
High earners are taking ever more advantage of machine intelligence. This fact is forever changing the world of work and wages.
Knowledge in the Service of Production
The Wall Street Journal
Mr. Mokyr's answer is that in Britain ideas interacted vigorously with business interests in "a positive feedback loop that created the greatest sea change in economic history since the advent of culture."
Why did Britain have an industrial revolution first?
The Industrial Enlightenment put knowledge in the service of production, changing the course of history.
TREVOR BUTTERWORTH | The Wall Street Journal
