The Second Machine Age
by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
MIT economists on digital technology's effects on productivity, inequality and work, written in 2014 and prescient about AI. Balanced and accessible.
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you want the economics of technological change explained clearly.
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Three things you will actually use
- Technology creates bounty and spread.
- Skills complementary to machines win.
- Policy matters.
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Our verdict
Prescient technology economics.
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