I ran across this book at UT’s library while looking up a book on a related topic. It’s written to introduce undergraduates and other nonspecialists to a sociological take on the global economy???chapters are named with declarative sentences such as “The Workplace is Socially Constructed” and “Teamwork Trumps Individualism at Work”???but I thought it might offer some concepts that weren’t familiar to me.
Did it? Sort of. But it raised more questions than it answered.
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14 big trends to watch in 2013
- Liquid data
- Networked accountability
- Data as infrastructure
- Social coding
- Data commons
- Lean government
- Smart government
- Sharing economy
- Preemptive health care
- Predictive data analytics
- Algorithmic censorship and algorithmic transparency
- Personal data ownership
- Open journalism
- Automation, artificial intelligence and employment
Also Big, open and more networked than ever: 10 trends from 2012
Lefsetz Letter ?? Louie C.K.
It???s easy to be famous.
It???s hard to have fans.
The Internet video sale only worked because Louie had fans. First and foremost who were aware of what he was doing. We???re all on information overload. You can put out the press release, the paper can even print it, that does not mean the target audience sees it. You???ve got to have people who follow you, you???ve got to earn their trust to the point they???re paying attention to you on a regular basis. You don???t do this by yelling at them, but by creating work they value.
via lefsetz.com
Hamish MacEwan 