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Whiplash : how to survive our faster future / Joi Ito and Jeff Howe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2016Description: 318 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781455544592 (hardcover)
  • 1455544590 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • How to survive our faster future [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48
LOC classification:
  • HC 79 I89w 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Emergence over authority -- Pull over push -- Compasses over maps -- Risk over safety -- Disobedience over compliance -- Practice over theory -- Diversity over ability -- Resilience over strength -- Systems over objects -- Conclusion.
Summary: The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are suddenly just one click or tweet or post away from each other. The future will run on an entirely new operating system-- with a steep learning curve. Ito and Howe present nine organizing principles for navigating and surviving this tumultuous period.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 79 I89w 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120418

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Introduction -- Emergence over authority -- Pull over push -- Compasses over maps -- Risk over safety -- Disobedience over compliance -- Practice over theory -- Diversity over ability -- Resilience over strength -- Systems over objects -- Conclusion.

The world is more complex and volatile today than at any other time in our history. The tools of our modern existence are getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, just as billions of strangers around the world are suddenly just one click or tweet or post away from each other. The future will run on an entirely new operating system-- with a steep learning curve. Ito and Howe present nine organizing principles for navigating and surviving this tumultuous period.

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