The necessary requirement for a successful life in this Information Age
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I highly recommend this book for anyone yearning to be successful in life in the present knowledge economy.
I feel this could very well be considered as a subject text book in +2 level in the current education system.
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If you want to create a great life you need to read this book. An eye opener!
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This book contains tools that will help you in all areas of your life. The wisdom gathered here and shared in simple useable form combined with self discipline will create riches in all forms. This book isn't just about material wealth, it is also about creating the wealth of happiness in all aspects of life. Universal principles are offered in clearly useable ways. It is a tool kit for the successful life starting where you are now.
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Both interesting and practically applicable. So much opportunities for self improving work. The message of this book is very much needed for the the people of today.
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No surprise. We live in an information age. We all are challenged by the many options awaiting us on the World Wide Web. Technology has given us an incredible opportunity to connect with others and gather information beyond our homes and community. However, with these opportunities, many dangers are also out there for all of us. Parents in particular have additional responsibility in monitoring and guiding their children in their on-line activities. None of us should take this responsibility lightly.

In response, David Clark has written You, Your Family and the Internet: What Every Christian in the Digital Age Should Know.  This is a short but resource rich book covering the topics of the history of information technology, communication, news, social media and on-line gaming, as well as online gambling and pornography. Clark knows this area well with 30 years experience in the field of computer and information technology. As a Christian, Clark not only covers these dangers, but he also gives a biblical foundation for what should guide us in our choices on-line. Each chapter also has a practical advice section and questions for discussion.

Bottom Line:

What I appreciated most about this book is that it is well organized, to the point, and balanced in its view of technology. Clark offers a firm foundation in biblical principles (such as self-control and accountability) to guide his reader's approach to the Internet and presents honest conclusions about potential benefits and risks of our on-line activity. For parents, Clark offers compelling cautions that will be helpful for anyone who has a kid on-line. Personally, as a parent of  a teen, pre-teen and elementary student, my wife and I find that we need to be engage with our kids and their on-line decisions. I appreciated that Clark does not condone sticking your head in the sand, nor does he state that we should keep our kids away from all technology. Instead he presents the facts and allows individuals and parents to determine their own conclusions. The questions at the end of each chapter would be helpful to use in a small group discussion format, but you may need to add some additional questions for a full discussion. His book is also linked to a resources page on his website for additional articles and links on the areas covered in the book.

Parents, pastors, and anyone who is concerned about how the Internet's influences one's self or family will find an excellent resource in this small book. It's an easy read and has great points  that may be shared with kids too.
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The book explains at general reader level the digital world of today. Replacing the academic treaty style with short essays on various subjects, the author spreads the idea that the digital future has to be met with "no fear".
However, sometimes topics are presented in a way that raises concerns about the ordinary citizen's strengths confronted with privacy, hacking, dark Internet or big data.
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In the past fifteen years, technology and products have changed rapidly. We no longer wait for 8pm to use our free night and weekend minutes on our phones. We don't hop in our cars to drive to the music store to get the new CD single that just came out. Our society has transformed and for those of us who remember a time before cellular phones wonder what happened to our world without wifi hotspots and phone apps.
This is an important read for those in business school to those studying sociology. It can also help the rest of us who want to understand what happened to the world we used to know.
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"Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and other small, affordable, and even wearable computers, we now depend on software to carry out many of our daily chores and pastimes.  We launch apps to aid us in shopping, cooking, exercising, even finding a mate and raising a child.  We follow turn-by-turn GPS instructions to get from one place to the next.  We use social networks to maintain friendships and express our feelings.  We seek advice from recommendation engines on what to watch, read and listen to.  We look to Google, or to Apple's Siri, to answer our questions and solve our problems.  The computer is becoming our all-purpose tool for navigating, manipulating, and understanding the world, in both its physical and in its social manifestations."  -- page 12

Did you ever have the nagging feeling that something is amiss in the brave new world of automation that we are all living in today?  Have you ever wondered if many of the latest technological breakthroughs are actually going to make your life better or worse in the long run?  Our world is being transformed at breakneck speed with little or no time to reflect on the consequences of all of the changes that are taking place.  Author Nicholas Carr has some grave concerns about the direction our world is headed in.  He believes that there is a steep price to be paid for granting software dominion over our work and our leisure.  He lays out his case in his compelling new book "The Glass Cage:  Automation and Us".  I must tell you that I simply could not put this book down.

One of the author's major concerns is that the ability of machines to take over jobs has now outpaced our economy's ability to create work for people to do.  Unless adjustments are made this situation portends serious sociological and economic consequences in the future.  Carr also presents rather disturbing and convincing evidence that automation has resulted in a marked erosion of skills for individuals in a number of fields of endeavor.  He points to the airline industry as a prime example.  Most pilots on commercial airlines are only at the helm for a few minutes in each flight.  Automation also presents a plethora of ethical questions that need to be dealt with.  This is especially true in the field of medicine.  According to Carr "To put it into uncharitable but not inaccurate terms, many doctors may so find themselves taking on the role of human sensors who collect information for a decision-making computer".  This is very scary stuff folks.  The author goes on to discuss the implications of technology in a host of other fields.  Very thought-provoking indeed!

In the final chapters of "The Glass Cage" Nicholas Carr challenges his readers to dare to rethink all of their assumptions about the so-called benefits of all of this technology.  He even quotes from a poem by Robert Frost to advance his case.  It turns out that "The Glass Cage:  Automation and Us" is one of the most thoughtful and interesting books I have read in 2014.  This one grabbed my attention at the outset and simply never let go.  Very highly recommended!
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A guide that every person should own. Power's amazing fusion of the digital age we live in with philosophical tech lessons of the past has greatly impacted my daily life. Most importantly, my life has been improved with the guidance in this book.

I used to feel frazzled and easily distract due to an overload of digital usage. This book provide practical guides and ideas on how to disconnect and use technology like a philosopher. Thank you HBB for making me a more effective digital executive!
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I love this book! It is Practical and full of Scriptural truth  A much needed resource for today's tech generation!
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This manual is very informative ,and essential  in today's world .And how to survive in it. I congratulate the author for it's construction and release.  THANK YOU!!!
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The Road Ahead is written by Bill Gates in 1996. However, I am surprised that most of the content in the book can come true nowadays. For example, videoconferencing, e-mail, e-shopping, e-banking, etc. This book is interesting that we can understand more how computer developed and how it is applied widely in the world nowadays.
The content of this book is about how computer developed and what the trend of the information age is. I got the main point from the book is that How technology benefits our lives? We can divide what Bill Gates has mentioned about the benefits of technology in our lives into four aspects: Individual, education, business, and society. Actually, the evolution of computer and the application of e-mail, ICQ, Intranet, etc affected our communication pattern today. Now, we can use the above methods to communicate with anyone all over the world that overcome our physical separation. Therefore, the world today become smaller and people become more aware of what happens outside the world. And this interactive network can be applied in the above four aspects (Individual, education, business, and society) that improve our standard of living.
For individual, the Internet is widely used that enhance socialization among people. On-line game, ICQ, and newsgroup, etc provides more kinds of entertainment for us that can help people to reduce pressure and train our intelligence.
For education, CD-ROM, World Wide Web, Intranet, e-mail, and educational software, etc can help people to manage information to support thinking and learning, and to assist many education works. For example, students can submit assignments and download academic notes through the campus Intranet and it enables students to keep in touch with other classmates and teachers.
For business, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Web page, videoconferencing, software for scheduling, etc can help to streamline the operation in business internally and externally. And new forms of business begin to emerge, which are e-shopping, e-banking and on-line advertising that help to save operation cost and provide new kinds of business for companies.
For society, Internet, e-mail, and ICQ, etc help to enhance information exchange and enhance culture exchange, and then enhance our standard of living since technology enables people to work efficiently so that it increases our leisure time with better lives.
This book helps me to understand more about how the evolution of technology can bring us so large and good impacts to our world. I am surprising that what Bill Gates said in 1996 can become reality in 2003. We can enjoy the benefits nowadays from the achievement of the people long times ago. Moreover, I learnt how to think and criticize an issue from different angles so that I can analyze an issue in a more objective ways. We can learn this thinking skill from Bill Gates since this book contains many critical thinking by Bill Gates and how he criticized an issue into different angles objectively. This skill is very important for me and it is very useful for my future career.
This book is a valuable book that recorded the evolution of computer and how technology benefits our world. Therefore, I believe that people can get many insights in education and business world from this book. I hope that all the readers can also enjoy reading this book and learning how to think and criticize an issue more objectively.
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The book is very informative and written in today's language addressing current challenges. Highly commendable if you want to know yourself better. Indispensable book for personal development. A
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This book introduces the reader to an almost utopian life. This time  we are truly participating in it.  It is a fascinating and riveting book.  We are observing the nascent of smart communities, the merging of digital, physical, and biological realms. Theses transformations alone are causing many different types of disruptions. This phenomena is also initiating many new industries with innovative systems to support existing productions. There will be winners and losers.  As you can see -- cars are becoming computers on wheels (Schwab, 2016, p. 64) Google, Tesla, and others are funding these new endeavors.  Just imagine the role that software applications will play in the new cars.  Small and agile corporations will survive due to size and agility.  However large companies will have to adjust by using their existing market presence and assets to take advantage of the new technological paradigm.

Mario Camilien, CISSP
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Anyone in this day and age that relies on computers and the Internet should read this. We have emergency supplies for earthquakes, but I learned a lot more will be needed for communication. I'm adding to my list!
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One step removed from reality, yet so close to the current state of things.
This would be the moment when the Internet enters your bloodstream, just throw in a couple of more decades and nanotechnology.
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I don't think we need to belabor the point; everything has changed.  We all live this every day.  The question is, "what is the mind-set not for profit leaders will need to succeed?"

"The Association/Not-For-Profit CEOs Guide" helps us find the proper mindset, by providing a framework to begin to identify the things effective leaders will need to be engaged with in this digital world.  Something so simple, the authors remind us, it is not always practiced, but when not practiced is sorely missed;  senior leadership needs to be directly engaged" providing direction in this "too important" conversation.

We are all in the middle of this revolution - But many of our organizations are not ready and the "Association CEOs Guide" helps us recognize that the IT departments & IT staff in most organizations were bolted on to the existing business, not organically develop and in many instances, not hired to support the structure of today; certainly not the structure of tomorrow.

The "Association CEOs Guide" helps not-for-profit organizations focus on this new dynamic; to effectively integrate the IT Department, led by the C Suite, into all the business operations of the organization, instead of fighting the traditional ambiguities of IT in the not-for-profit world.  This engagement by the C suite enables the IT department to grow and overcome these barriers:

 Need be strategic, but spends most of time putting out fires.
 Needed to be a steward of risk mitigation & cost containment, but also expected to innovate.
 Regarded as a service provider, yet needed to be a business driver & strategist.
 Typically no seat at the decision making table & CEOs more often than not abdicate their leadership role in this area.