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24 alternatives to The Master Switch

: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Master Switch launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Master Switch▲1

   The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Sovereign Individual▲77

   Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to▲66

   Information, networks, complexity to understand Economics

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Reinventing Organizations▲77

   A new kind of organization

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Age of Optimists▲60

   Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Switch▲68

   How to change things when change is hard

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Platform Revolution ▲79

   How networked markets are transforming the economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Digital Strategy▲65

   A Guide to Digital Business Transformation

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Soft Control: Leaks from an Information Broker▲61

   A new book on surviving the knowledge economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Who Owns the Future?▲66

    The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Organized Mind▲70

    Thinking straight in the age of information overload

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Second Machine Age▲66

    Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Public Parts▲83

    How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Fourth Transformation▲74

    How AR & AI will change everything

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    What would google do?▲64

    A guide to the business logic of the network era.

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Soul of A New Machine▲62

    Inside look at the computer industry transition

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Technopoly▲61

    The surrender of culture to technology

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Rise of the Machines▲61

    A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Race Against The Machine▲66

    How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Holacracy▲71

    New management system for a rapidly changing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

    Information technology will transform capitalism

    2016 · its alternatives →

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