… this is a book about the second machine age unfolding right now—an inflection point in the history of our economies and societies because of digitization. It’s an inflection point in the right direction—bounty instead of scarcity, freedom instead of constraint—but one that will bring with it some difficult challenges and choices. The first part gives many examples of recent technological progress that seem like the stuff of science fiction, explains why they’re happening now, and reveals why we should be confident that the scale and pace of innovation in computers, robots, and other digital gear is only going to accelerate in the future. The second part explores bounty and … Continue reading Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee