The cloud revolution : how the convergence of new technologies will unleash the next economic boom and a roaring 2020s /
"When it comes to predicting how technology changes our near future, there are two camps. One says we live at a time of a "new normal" where we've netted all the low-hanging fruit and ordering a ride or food on a smartphone is as good as it's going to get. The other camp see...
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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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New York :
Encounter Books,
2021.
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| Phiên bản: | First American edition. |
| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2889313 |
Mục lục:
- Pt. I. Technology forecasting. Technology matters ; The structure of technological revolutions
- pt. II. Biggest infrastructure ever built. Silicon engines: the end of 'computers' ; Information as infrastructure
- pt. III. Revolutions in technology's three spheres: information, machines, materials. The information: the knowledge boom ; The information: digitalizing commerce ; The information: digitalizing science ; The materials: from dematerializing to rematerializing ; The materials: from harvesting to synthesizing ; The materials: the energy nexus ; The machines: human amplifiers ; The machines: the magic in movements ; The machines: means of production ; The machines: energizing everything ; The machines: automation to automatrons
- pt. IV. The roaring 2020s. Work: the 'end of work' myth ; Work: the servicification of manufacturing ; Work: robotification of services ; Work: freight drones, silicon cars & Uber air ; Health: the cure in the code ; Health: the future won't be like Star Trek, it will be better ; Health: the robotification of (health) services ; Education and entertainment: down the (same) rabbit hole? ; Education: the telecommuting tutor ; Education: virtualizing 'soft' skills for 'dirty jobs' ; Entertainment: from Euripides to E-sports ; Entertainment: the 'means' of amusements ; Science: the pursuit of miracles ; Science: the 'neurotechnic' era
- What could possibly go wrong?: climate, China & tech barons
- Appendix: the business of futurism.