Technology

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
 
 People who are interested in the future of technology tend to believe that its impact on jobs and the economy is, and will be, largely benign. 
 
 OK, people in…

What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
 
Kelly is a distinguished tech journalist (former executive editor of Wired magazine) and knows everyone who’s ever been anyone in Silicon Valley. Like all the best techies of a…

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier
 
Thoroughly original critique of conventional wisdom about web 2.0 trends: Lanier complains that the idea of a person is degraded by the techonology deployed on social networking sites which effectively fragments us into slivers of ‘content’…

Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
 
People who are interested in the future of technology tend to believe that its impact on jobs and the economy is, and will be, largely benign. 
 
OK, people in…

How to Thrive in the Digital Age by Tom Chatfield
 
How should we adapt our personal and professional lives to the new tools of digital communication? Answers tend to polarise between hopes that the digital revolution is the answer to all our problems…