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How Does Technology Impact Society?
Summary:
Yeah, so there's this incredible book. It's very short, very good. It's actually written 50 years ago by a professor at MIT at the time. And it's the name Elting Morrison. And what's great about this book is it was written before the internet, even before personal computers. And so it's got this kind of timeless kind of quality to it. And it's the title of the book is called Men, Machines, and Modern Times. It's this topic. It's basically okay. What exactly is the process by which you do technology, and how does society react? Basically, how does the powers that be or the status quo of society react? And Morrison tells this amazing story.
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Yeah. So there's this incredible book. It's very short, very good. It's actually written 50 years ago by a professor at MIT at the time. And it's named Elting Morrison. And what's great about this book is it was written before the internet, even before personal computers. And so it's got this kind of timeless kind of quality to it. And it's the title of the book is called Men, Machines in Modern Times. It's this topic. It's basically, OK, what exactly is the process by which you do technology, entry society and then how does society react? Basically, how does the powers that be or the status quo of society react? And Morrison tells this amazing story.
Why Technology Still Matters With Marc Andreessen
a16z Podcast
If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough: technology is primarily about product development, not distribution. Bubble-era advertising was obviously wasteful, so the only sustainable growth is viral growth
Zero to One_ Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
For something like Uber, if you had looked at only the market size of taxis, you would have never believed they could build such a large company.
Eric-Jorgenson_The-Anthology-of-Balaji.indd
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