Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World

by Arno Penzias

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In one human generation, the world's work has moved from muscle to machines that move information rather than goods. Driving the information revolution is the computer, a machine of unquestioned power but questionable intelligence. Arno Penzias, whose Bell Laboratories stands at the center of electronic innovation, explores here the relationship of human beings to the new electronic world.

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Not a very profound book, but it had a few interesting ideas. Discussion on how technologies supplement human minds ability to communicate on page 10 how digital information travels better on page 11 will discussion of the use of tallies on page 41, significance of invention of the Greek alphabet page 45, knowledge representation: the nature better than men, natural languages. Discussion of quality is interesting, and he puts it into the context of systems approach on page 196 through 198. He actually anticipates the World Wide Web to an extent on page 208. The I He dear that information flow is important in encouraging useful research is linked to the concept of the network on page two of six. Talks about the significance of show more information not getting where it is needed describing that is a quality problem on page 197. Information isolation page too late. It concludes with an interesting discussion on inspiration and job satisfaction talking about how short term decisions affect not only competitiveness but quality of business life and that resonated with me. show less

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Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World
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Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World

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Nonfiction, Technology, Business, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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303.4834Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial processesSocial changeCauses of changeDevelopment of science and technologyComputers, automation, microelectronics, robots
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QA76.9 .C66 .P46ScienceMathematicsMathematicsInstruments and machinesCalculating machinesElectronic computers. Computer science
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