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By jdupuis on January 8, 2013.

The Machine Apocalypse

  • Is Growth Over?
  • "The data are": How fetishism makes us stupid
  • Why Workers Are Losing the War Against Machines
  • An innovation agenda to help people win the race against the machines
  • Sure, Big Data Is Great. But So Is Intuition
  • The Consequences of Machine Intelligence
  • Will a Robot Take Your Job?
  • Artificial intelligence – can we keep it in the box?
  • You Must Make the New Machines
  • Why Making Robots Is So Darn Hard

The New York Times on Libraries

  • Libraries See Opening as Bookstores Close
  • Handled With Care (what to do with deceased scholars books)
  • Failing to Close the ‘Digital Divide’
  • More Relevant Than Ever
  • It’s Not Just Story Time and Bookmobiles
  • For Gathering and for Solitude
  • Do We Still Need Libraries? (response by John Palfrey)
  • Libraries and bookshops/stores (response by Phil Bradley)
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