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The Big Nine
How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- by
- Amy Webb
2019
EN
A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input in...
Data, A Love Story
How I Cracked the Online Dating Code to Meet My Match
- by
- Amy Webb
2013
EN
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“Amy Webb found her true love after a search that's both charmingly romantic and relentlessly data-driven. Anyone who uses online dating sites must read her funny, fascinating book.”—Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness ProjectAfter yet another disastrous date, Amy Webb was preparing to cancel her JDate membership when epiphany struck: her standards weren’t too high, she just wasn’t approaching the...
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The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
2022
EN
A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to the health and feeding of millions...
The Signals Are Talking
Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream
- by
- Amy Webb
2016
EN
An expert in trend forecasting shows how to anticipate what’s next and prepare your business, your market, and your products for the future**“Amy Webb, with insight and a big dose of pragmatism, shows how to clearly see the next big disruption and then take action before it strikes.” ―Ram Charan, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller ExecutionA Fast Company Best Book of the Year**How do you tell a real trend from th...
The Year in Tech, 2026
The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
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- HBR Insights Series
2025
EN
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Agentic AI, smart health care, advanced sensors, bioengineering—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim to disruption?The Year in Tech, 2026: The Insights You Need from Harva...
The Year in Tech, 2025
The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
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- HBR Insights Series
2024
EN
A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech—all in one place.Generative AI, biometrics, spatial computing, electric vehicles—new technologies like these are reshaping organizations at the hybrid office, on factory floors, and in the C-suite. What should you and your company be doing now to take advantage of the new opportunities these technologies are creating—and avoid falling victim to disruption?The Year in Tech 2025: The Insights You Need from Harvar...
Awesomely Emma
A Charley and Emma Story
2020
EN
Fans of When Charley Met Emma will love seeing Emma champion her inner awesomeness in this inspirational sequel that teaches readers about the power of self-advocacy.Emma has limb differences, but different isn't bad, sad, or strange. It's just different! But when some accessibility problems get in the way at the local art museum, it ruins the fun of a class trip...and then Emma's friend Charley makes things even worse! In the middle of a really b...
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or Free with Kobo PlusEmma's Awesome Summer Camp Adventure
A Charley and Emma Story
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- Charley and Emma Stories
2024
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All for inclusion, and inclusion for all!Emma is going to her first summer camp, and she is so excited! Camp Waterfall is an accessible camp, which means that Emma, Charley, and a host of new friends with different abilities can all participate, with nobody feeling left out or getting left behind. But will Emma really be ready to meet all the challenges and new experiences of camp?Join Emma and her friends as they face obstacles, overcome fears of ...
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- Amy Webb
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- Charley and Emma Stories
2019
EN
Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award Bronze Medal, When Charley Met Emma teaches kids about disability, empathy, and the beauty of friendships with people who are different from you.When Charley goes to the playground and sees Emma, a girl with limb differences who gets around in a wheelchair, he doesn't know how to react at first. But after he and Emma start talking, he learns that different isn't bad, sad, or strange--different is just different, and...
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or Free with Kobo PlusThe Devil's Dilemma
Book Three of "The Devil Series"
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- Amy Webb
2013
EN
Book three of a five-book series. Scott and Tessa Madison, newly-married and proud parents of a baby daughter, want nothing more than to settle down and quietly raise their child. For a while, it appears as if they might get their wish: the house is a mess, they’re exhausted from late-night feedings and diaper changes, and both have worn the same clothes for the past several days because they’re too busy to do a load of laundry! Everything would appear that they’re a nice, normal f...
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The Big Nine
How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
- by
- Amy Webb
- Narrated by
- Amanda Dolan
Unabridged
9 hours 35 min
2019
EN
A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input in...
2019
EN
Counselling professionals are increasingly seeking training for working with gender variant clients. Madison-Amy Webb invites them to consider a simple truth: everyone has a gender identity, whether or not they've given it much thought. By reflecting on their own gender identity through the exercises provided, counsellors can relate to clients in new and productive ways, gaining a more nuanced understanding of the issues faced by their clients and of their own identity.Incisive yet...
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