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The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do

Publisher
Vintage
Author
Edward Tenner
A bold challenge to our obsession with efficiency--and a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity Algorithms, multitasking, the sharing economy, life hacks: our culture can´t get enough of efficiency. One of the great promises of the Internet and big data revolutions is the idea that we can improve the processes and routines of our work and personal lives to get more done in less time than we ever have before. There is no doubt that we´re performing at higher levels and moving at unprecedented speed, but what if we´re headed in the wrong direction? Melding the long-term history of technology with the latest headlines and findings of computer science and social science, The Efficiency Paradox questions our ingrained assumptions about efficiency, persuasively showing how relying on the algorithms of digital platforms can in fact lead to wasted efforts, missed opportunities, and above all an inability to break out of established patterns. Edward Tenner offers a smarter way of thinking about efficiency, revealing what we and our institutions, when equipped with an astute combination of artificial intelligence and trained intuition, can learn from the random and unexpected.
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      SKU
      9781400034888
      Publisher
      Published At
      05.03.2019
      Dimensions
      203x132x18 mm
      Pages
      320
      EAN
      9781400034888
      Format
      Created At (custom)
      11.04.2019
      ISBN
      9781400034888

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