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Books by Andrew McAfee

Andrew McAfee is an American scientist, the cofounder and codirector of the MIT Initiative of the Digital Economy. In addition to writing two influential books by himself – his debut work, “Enterprise 2.0,” and “More from Less” – he has cowritten, with Eryk Brynjolfsson, three well-received bestsellers: “Race Against the Machine,” “The Second Machine Age,” and “Machine | Platform | Crowd.”

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The Second Machine Age

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“The Second Machine Age” by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argues that, much like the Industrial Revolution transformed physical labor, the digitization of everything will irreversibly transform cognitive labor, leading to a new economy and new society. Though optimistic about the potential at hand, Brynjolfsson and McAfee do make a few policy recommendations on how to curb the potential negative effects of the digital revolution.

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