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Rise of Robots

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future By Martin Ford, New York: Basic Books, 2015. 334 pp. Martin Ford is a 25-year veteran computer design and software developer based in California’s Silicon Valley. His previously published book was The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology, and the Economy of the …

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Not So Fast

Not So Fast: Thinking Twice About Technology By Doug Hill, University of Georgia Press, 2016. 221 pp. Doug Hill is a journalist and independent scholar who has studied the history and philosophy of technology for more than 25 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Atlantic, Salon, Forbes, Esquire, and his …

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How We Got to Now

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2014. 293 pp. Steven Johnson is the author of nine books, the founder of multiple websites, and the host and co-creator of PBS and BBC series How We Got to Now. How We Got to …

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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick Lencioni. San Francisco: Josey Bass, 2012. xvii, 216 pp. Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a management consulting practice focused on organizational health and executive development. He is the author of nine other books. His others are written as …

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