If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- Have you ever wondered why we fear technology taking our jobs, when its real power lies in augmenting human potential to solve impossible problems?
- Did you know that the biggest threat to our future isn't the rise of robots, but the outdated 'algorithm' that currently governs how we value businesses?
- Are you curious about how the same logic that powers apps like Uber could be used to fix our broken economic systems and lift up entire societies?
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Key Takeaways from WTF?
- Discover how the shift from closed systems to open-source software paved the way for modern digital platforms like Uber and Amazon.
- Understand the concept of Amazon's 'two-pizza teams' and how breaking a company into small, autonomous groups drastically accelerates problem-solving.
- Learn how applying the tech platform model to government can transform it from a rigid 'vending machine' into a dynamic orchestrator of citizen cooperation.
- Explore how algorithms restructure traditional business models by acting as an artificial intelligence workforce that independently evolves and monitors its own efficiency.
- Find out why algorithms are like mythical Arabian djinns that blindly follow instructions, resulting in unintended real-world consequences like fake news and filter bubbles.
WTF? — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Algorithms and digital platforms have transformed the tech industry.
Chapter 3: Platform models could boost autonomy in business and government.
Chapter 4: Algorithms have reshaped traditional business models by shouldering the bulk of the work.
Chapter 5: In the worlds of media and finance, algorithmic artificial intelligence has spun alarmingly out of control today.
Chapter 6: Digital tech is either replacing or reshaping our traditional job infrastructure.
Chapter 7: We can tackle technological unemployment by re-skilling and digitally augmenting workers.
Chapter 8: By changing regulations and attitudes today, we can embrace new technology for the benefit of all.
WTF? Summary & Overview
WTF? (2017) documents the recent history and developments of modern digital technologies, and explains why, far from being harmful in and of themselves, these technologies only do damage to business and society when misunderstood by humans. Instead of fearing for the future, we should embrace it and use the attendant technological developments in ways that bring society up rather than push costs down.
Who Should Listen to WTF??
- Business leaders seeking to understand and implement digital technologies
- Technophobes who want their fears pacified
- People interested in the recent history of technology
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