Power and progress : our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity / Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson.
2023
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Power and progress : our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity / Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson.
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New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
Copyright
©2023
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
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Prologue: What is progress?
Control over technology
Canal vision
Power to persuade
Cultivating misery
A middling sort of revolution
Casualties of progress
The contested path
Digital damage
Artificial struggle
Democracy breaks
Redirecting technology.
Control over technology
Canal vision
Power to persuade
Cultivating misery
A middling sort of revolution
Casualties of progress
The contested path
Digital damage
Artificial struggle
Democracy breaks
Redirecting technology.
Summary
"Two bestselling authors overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work, revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity, in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world"-- Provided by publisher.
"A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity. The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals, while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for working people. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence undermine jobs and democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection, and intrusive surveillance. It doesn't have to be this way. Power and Progress demonstrates the path of technology was once--and may again--be brought under control" -- Provided by publisher.
"A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity. The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals, while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for working people. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence undermine jobs and democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection, and intrusive surveillance. It doesn't have to be this way. Power and Progress demonstrates the path of technology was once--and may again--be brought under control" -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Acemoglu, Daron Power and Progress Piraí : PublicAffairs,c2023
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English
ISBN
1541702557 (electronic bk.)
9781541702554 (electronic bk.)
9781541702554 (electronic bk.)
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