Future Hype The Myths of Technology Change

Name: Future Hype The Myths of Technology Change
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ISBN: 9781576753705

ISBN-10: 1576753700

ISBN-13: 9781576753705

Edition: 2006

Authors: Bob Seidensticker

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Bob Seidensticker is a successful writer who graduated from MIT and then spent 25 years in the technology industry, including an 8-year stint at Microsoft as a project manager. He resigned from Microsoft in 1997 to write software as an independent developer and to pursue a writing career.



Introduction : leveling the exponential curve



The birthday-present syndrome



The perils of prediction



The unintended wager



If it ain't broke, be grateful



More powerful than a locomotive



Faster than a speeding bullet



Leap tall buildings in a single bound



Corrective lenses



For better or for worse



Playing with matches



Fear and anxiety



Technologies that touch us



Innovation stimulation



What's mine is mine


Conclusion : vaccinate against the hype