Silicon States - The Power and Politics of Big Tech and What It Means for Our Future

Renowned futurist and celebrated international think-tank leader Greene offers a bracing look at how Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and other Silicon Valley power players are using their influence across the globe to encroach upon our civil landscape.

Sommario

Introduction: A Changing Landscape

1 The New Power Map

2 Government and Silicon Valley

3 The Fifth Estate

4 Connecting the World

5 Moonshots

6 The Future of Health

7 "Fixing" Education

8 Airbnb Land

9 Women and Silicon Valley

10 Hacking Philanthropy

Conclusion The Future, Maybe

Acknowledgments

Info autore

LUCIE GREENE is a futurist and former worldwide director of JWT Intelligence at J. Walter Thompson. She contributes to Financial Times, The Sunday Times, and The Guardian, and is on strategic advisory boards of leading companies and organizations. She has spoken at conferences including TNW, WWD Digital Forum, SXSW, Web Summit, and BoF VOICES, discussing future trends across multiple lifestyle sectors. She has appeared on BBC, CBS, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV as an expert on the future.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lucie Greene
• Editore: Counterpoint
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781640092471
• ISBN: 978-1-64009-247-1
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Eigentum und Organisation von Unternehmen, Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftliche Forschung, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Informationstechnologiebranche, Ethische und soziale Fragen der IT, Wissenschaftsfinanzierung und -politik