Next: The Future Just Happened
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00005NZJC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 121 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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He can be very funny in portraying ordinary people's behavior, but remains thorough and insightful in his examination of the social consequences. Where a left-leaning kid of 14 in a depressed town outside Manchester is too poor to take up a partial scholarship to a school for gifted children, but who spends all hours (all cheap call-time hours, at least) engaged in "digital socialism," trying to develop a successor to Gnutella, the notorious file-sharing program that had spawned the new field of peer-to-peer computing. Where Markus, a bored adolescent stuck in a dusty desert town and too young to even drive, becomes the most-requested legal expert on Askme, doling out advice on everything from how to plead to murder charges to how much an Illinois resident can profit from illegal gains before being charged with fraud ($5,0
Another Michael Lewis must read As always, Michael Lewis reveals views of what has happened that are unique. His ability to find characters no one has ever heard of or new aspects of well known individuals to include in his books is absolutely fascinating. His books read like novels because you cannot believe that he is describing reality. This book was one star down from the 5 other books I have read by Michael Lewis because he,. "The Social Effects of the Net" according to A. Valentine. The social effects of a technology go unseen as that technology becomes more ubiquitous. In "Next," Michael Lewis looks at the social implications of the Internet by interviewing a few ordinary individuals who have managed to do extraordinary things on the Internet. The first section deals with Jonathan Lebed, the 15 year old stock trader from a blue collar family, who managed to turn $8,000 in to . perry said not one of his best. But like all of his books, it's well worth a read. I am fascinated by Jonathan Lebed's story. Lewis' description of his interviews with the people who tried to bring Lebed "to justice" is simultaneously hilarious and deeply upsetting.
The old priesthoods-lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general-have been toppled. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged great change in the way we live, work, and think. Deep, unseen forces seek to undermine all forms of collectivism, from the mass market to the family. The amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market; nineteen-year-old take down the music industry; and wrestlers get elected to public office. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet is a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. In Liar's Poker barbarians seized control of the bond markets