Name : Tools and Weapons - The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
Author : Brad Smith
Book Format : Hardcover
Genre : Computers & Internet
ISBN : 9781529351569
Language : English
Pages : 301-400 Pages
Publish Year : 2019
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Sub Genre : Operating Systems Books
*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM BOOK CLUB PICK*'A clear, compelling guide to some of the most pressing debates in technology today. ' Bill Gates, from the foreword'The de facto ambassador for the technology industry at large. ' The New York Times'One of the few executives willing to speak openly about the industry's most vexing issues. ' Sunday Times__________Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief : when your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create. This might seem uncontroversial, but it flies in the face of a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself. While sweeping digital transformation holds great promise, we have reached an inflection point. The world has turned information technology into both a powerful tool and a formidable weapon, and new approaches are needed to manage an era defined by even more powerful inventions like artificial intelligence. Companies that create technology must accept greater responsibility for the future, and governments will need to regulate technology by moving faster and catching up with the pace of innovation. In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne bring us a captivating narrative from the cockpit of one of the world's largest and most powerful tech companie
Country of Origin : India
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