{"product_id":"monster-isbn-9781119785910","title":"Monster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In their 'deliberately short book' IT analysts, management consultants and technology practitioners Roehrig and Pring explore how big a beast technology has become, and how we can tame it to maintain our freedom and privacy while still realising its benefits. The pandemic has shown just how much we rely on technology and how addictive it has become…The authors address the important questions…[and] urge us not to slay the monster but rather to leverage its power and reorient technology as a tool for good.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Financial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonster \u003c\/i\u003eexplains how we can responsibly engage with technology, and avoid its darker tendencies, while accepting its necessary gifts. The authors, insiders at one of the world's largest tech consulting firms, give a unique take on:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe addictive nature of tech and how to fight it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe growing backlash against big tech--where it's right and what it misses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrucial steps for taming technology's role in your life and in your organization--without becoming a modern Luddite\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for managers, leaders, and employees at companies of all sizes and in all industries, \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e will help you understand and take control of technology's powerful role in your life and your organization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"You must read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Michael Schrage\u003c\/b\u003e, Research Fellow, MIT Sloan School Initiative on the Digital Economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pithy insights and recommendations on helping tech fulfill its potential as a force for good.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Erik Brynjolfsson\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Machine Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Making technology serve—not subvert—the public interest requires better leaders, not more engineers and coders. \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e explains how to become one of those leaders.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rosabeth Moss Kanter\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard Business School Professor and author of \u003ci\u003eThink Outside the Building\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A bracing new book about some of the most pressing questions of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Carl Benedikt Frey\u003c\/b\u003e, Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at Oxford University and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Technology Trap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Provocative and concise, \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book on rescuing ourselves from technology that now feels corrosive and overwhelming.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Daniel H. Pink, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eWHEN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDRIVE\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTO SELL IS HUMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Clarifies a complex web of issues and provides bold steps for a healthier economy, society, and future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Francisco D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e, former CEO and Vice Chairman of Cognizant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sheds light on how we can collectively use technology for the good of all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Soumitra Dutta\u003c\/b\u003e, Founding Dean, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A cornucopia of pragmatic, actionable, and bold ideas.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Gary J. Beach\u003c\/b\u003e, Publisher Emeritus, CIO magazine and author of \u003ci\u003eU.S. Technology Skills Gap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Have we created a monster? 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan we tame the beast? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Machines 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcome to the web 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntangled in the dark: Quantum computing powers up 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpeed makes it harder to drive 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Brother was an amateur 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom MAD to MADD 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Capital 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncome return, growth, and I dream of Gini 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveillance capitalism and the digital oligarchs 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eData, privacy, and the health of nations 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBelt, road, and surveillance communism 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTribes and borders in cyberspace 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower shifts from the G7 to the D7 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntermission: Sunflower: When tech meets capital\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Psychology 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital fentanyl 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYour 70,000-year-old operating system is melting 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho are you again? Identity in the digital age 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe singularity is near. Unfortunately 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Society 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Luddites and the growing techlash 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons from the rearview mirror 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar has already been declared 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. A manifesto for taming the Monster 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Co-author new rules of the road 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. Govern technology by community 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. Apply the Golden Rule in cyberspace 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. Accept your role as part of the solution 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. Don’t give up on loving tech 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. Treat your data like your reputation 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. Fight against the relentless brain hacks 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. Modernize the authority over technology and capital 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Off? 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Postface: A story (as old as time) about the future 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 147\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL ROEHRIG, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is the global head of strategy for Cognizant Digital Business \u0026amp; Technology. Previously he co-founded the Center for the Future of Work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBEN PRING\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work. 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