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mcbibliotecaria's review against another edition
1.0
I skipped the afterword, but it summarized most of what I thought throughout reading the book. Please shut up silicon stupid valley. The hubris of schmidt is dripping all over this "what if" book. Its a bunch of chapters on different areas of technology that might be possible. Its a detailed plan of what terrorists might be able to do, if better connected. Its a detailed plan of what a internet savvy giant (like google) can do to help victims of disaster. (Not what they are doing, but just what is possible if they gave an eff). I hated this book, but had already read past page 50 and had to commit. I did save myself the afterword where the first few paragraphs are about the critics of the book who said exactly what I have been thinking, shut up silicon valley. Help the refugee crisis all over the world, not help americans become more lazier with self-driving cars, an echo system that records everything that is happening, or internet on your eyeball. Shut up silicon valley. Shut up.
yates9's review against another edition
2.0
Not much depth and disturbing access to all levels of organisations anywhere in the world. Would be a conspiracists dream to take apart this book.
Now writing this review in 2020 i feel that this phase of the business was anomalous. Just because the product is global does not mean you have to engage with all governments closely with the potential of becoming someone’s tool.
Now writing this review in 2020 i feel that this phase of the business was anomalous. Just because the product is global does not mean you have to engage with all governments closely with the potential of becoming someone’s tool.
duparker's review against another edition
1.0
Ugh, this was a dry book with a topic that shouldn't be. I found the information presented in a tired and academic and not in an interesting and educational manner. It was more of a here's the topic and you should care because... The tone of the book was not inviting and it was a struggle to enjoy this book, and the struggle failed.
kwheeles's review against another edition
3.0
Insightful and peppered with real-life observations that give depth to his musings. I felt his assessment of DARPA may be somewhat biased through Regina Dugan (former DARPA Director who was hired by Google) being his source. Thought provoking.
zandl's review against another edition
3.0
Velká manažerská jména, která se snaží napsat knihu pojmenovávající moderní trendy, to je vždycky zrádná věc. V tomto případě vrší šéf Google jedno schéma za druhým a budoucí digitální svět si představuje spíše jako rutinní autor scifi, než jako šéf nejmocnější technologické firmy světa. Asi nás nepřekvapí, že připojených bude víc lidí i v odlehlých regionech... Ve třetině jsem knihu odložil a nedočetl, jestli jsem udělal chybu, dejte mi vědět...
emilyrowellbrown's review against another edition
3.0
Do you ever wonder what implications technology has for how countries relate to one another, how safe our futures really are, or how close we are to becoming a "Big Brother" state? That's basically the question of this book, but the authors who answer are not alarmists but informed speculators. The book is a thought exercise, not exactly a prediction or prescription, but it got my wheels turning about just how deeply and broadly our connectivity affects our world.
d_is_reading's review against another edition
2.0
Started reading this enthusiastically, read more than one third, tried to finish it, but found it on the boring side.
hjjansen's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of ideas here, but many of them are speculative at best without much to back them up. The writing is a little wooden, too, which makes this book more of a slog to get through than it should.