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How to fix the future : staying human in the digital age

Author: Andrew Keen
Publisher: London : Atlantic Books, Atlantic Books Ltd., 2019.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1rst editionView all editions and formats
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A leading Internet commentator showcases global solutions for preserving the fundamentals of humanity and civilized society in an increasingly perilous digital world. Humanity has in the past undergone periods of creative destruction where improvements of social and economic conditions have come with harmful side effects. Keen identified five key tools: competitive innovation, consumer choice, regulation, social  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew Keen
ISBN: 9781786491688 1786491680
OCLC Number: 1066750929
Notes: Atlantic Books is an imprint Atlantic Books Ltd.
Description: XV, 330 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents: Preface: An internet of people --
Introduction: We've been here before --
More's Law --
Five tools for fixing the future --
What is broken --
Utopia: a case study (book one) --
Utopia: a case study (book two) --
Regulation --
Competitive innovation --
Social responsibility --
Worker and consumer choice --
Education --
Conclusion: Our kids.
Responsibility: Andrew Keen.

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Andrew Keen has been described as 'the Christopher Hitchens of the internet'. His provocative new book describes his urgent worldwide search for ways in which humanity can protect itself from the  Read more...

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