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24 alternatives to The Second Machine Age

How the rise of technology will transform our economy

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

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The Second Machine Age▲66
Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67
Information technology will transform capitalism
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The second machine age▲6
Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Techno
2015 · amazon.fr · its alternatives →
4
The Industries of the Future▲60
Exploring the tech and economic trends of next 10 years
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Rise of the Robots▲67
Technology and the threat of a jobless future
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Rise of the Machines▲61
A Cybernetic History 1st Edition
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Real World of Technology ▲62
The complex relationship between technology and society
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Technopoly▲61
The surrender of culture to technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56
How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Platform Revolution ▲79
How networked markets are transforming the economy
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future ▲61
An optimistic road map for the future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Tools for Thought▲69
The history and future of mind-expanding technology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital▲70
The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Rise of the Robots▲12
Technology and the threat of a jobless future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Diamond Age▲81
Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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The Inevitable▲66
The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution▲72
The front lines of a new industrial revolution
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Race Against The Machine▲66
How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Misfit Economy▲81
Innovation on the fringe...
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Technotopia▲96
A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.
2015 · publishizer.com · its alternatives →
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Big Data▲73
A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work & Think
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Age of Optimists▲60
Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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Open Innovation▲53
The new imperative for creating & profiting from technology
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Master Switch▲71
: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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