Technology for Good - How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most

A visionary guide to using technology for positive social change, from a MacArthur genius awardee, former rocket engineer, and passionate leader in the social enterprise movement. The accepted wisdom in big business is that the only worthy ideas are ones that make a lot of money, preferably billions. But Jim Fruchterman believes there is a different path for technology. What if tech returned to its roots and made people more effective and powerful? Even bolder, what if the benefits of technology came to the 90% of humanity traditionally neglected by for-profit companies in favor of immense profits gained by focusing on the richest 10%? In The author<

Product details

• Authors: Vilas Dhar, Jim Fruchterman
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9780262050975
• ISBN: 978-0-262-05097-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political activism, Social issues & processes, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Social and ethical issues, Non-profitmaking organizations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement