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From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsolete In modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That's all going to change thanks to the...

Information is power, and the time is now for digital liberation. Access Rules mounts a strong and hopeful argument for how informational tools at present in the hands of a few could instead become empowering machines for everyone. By forcing data-hoarding companies to open access to their data, we can reinvigorate both our economy and our society. Authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge contend that if we disrupt monopoly power and create a level playing field, digital innovations can emerge to benefit us all.

Earth stands at a tipping point. As we fail to curtail emissions fast enough, our planet stares down a cascade of imminent, catastrophic, and irreversible disaster triggered by climate change. Yet a potent technology already exists to buy us more time: solar geoengineering. Through methods such as atmospheric aerosols, human-generated cirrus clouds, and solar sails, we humans can—at least in the short term—slow the Earth's warming. Should we?

Auswege aus der momentanen wirtschaftlichen und politischen Stagnation sind gefragt. Doch die üblichen Rezepte reichen nicht aus. Erschleichung von Subventionen, Spesenrittertum, Schwarzarbeit, Missbrauch sozialer Leistungen und ähnliche Disziplinen sind in Deutschland vom Vorstand bis zum Sozialhilfe-Empfänger zum Volkssport geworden. Diese Haltung führt nicht nur zum wirtschaftlichen Bankrott, sondern erweist sich auch für die Menschen als Sackgasse. Dabei zeigt die moderne Glücksforschung eindeutig: Menschen, die sich für andere engagieren, sind glücklicher!

A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, what it does, and how it will change our lives. At a breathtaking pace, artificial intelligence is getting better and faster at making complex decisions. AI can already identify malignant tumors on CT scans, give legal advice, out-bluff the best poker players in the world, and, with ever-increasing skill, drive our cars.

Markets have long been acknowledged to be a superior mechanism for managing resources but until the advent of big data, they largely functioned better in theory than in practice. Now, as ideal markets are within reach because of vastly greater access to information, we are on the verge of a...