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The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google: The Kindle Store: Nicholas Carr

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From Publishers Weekly While it may seem that we're in the midst of an unprecedented technological transition, Carr ( Does IT Matter? ) posits that the direction of the digital revolution has a strong historical corollary: electrification. Carr argues that computing, no longer personal, is going ...

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The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

— nicholasgcarr.com — a Wall Street Journal bestseller; now in its seventh printing His last book shook up the high-tech... industry. Now, Nicholas Carr is back with The Big Switch, a sweeping and often disturbing look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, ... (more) The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

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