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I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted Hardcover – Deckle Edge, September 14, 2010

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Business; First Edition edition (September 14, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307591115
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307591111
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 8.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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By Lu on September 23, 2014
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By J. Mcginnis on January 14, 2015
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I liked the book itself. However, the condition I received the book in was not what I expected. The book had been shipped with the cover folded in half. There is also a tear in the cover as if the person who put it in the envelope had just shoved it in.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By Jiang Xueqin on January 24, 2012
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All fanatics are unpleasantly fanatical in the same way, and this holds true for Internet evangelicals, who believe that the Internet is a democratizing force that is empowering individuals all over the globe. Nick Bilton compares the Internet to the printing press, which while derided by the political elite and clergy at that time, did go on to make Enlightenment, science, and progress all possible.

The Internet is certainly a good thing, but Bilton believes that all of technology (it's sometimes hard to differentiate the two in this book) is necessarily good, and goes out of his way to "prove" why this must be so. And like all fanatics what ultimately drives Bilton's fanaticism is his doubt.

The book is riddled with logical inconsistencies, and offers little in terms of nuance analysis and argument. Mid-way through the book, Bilton is discussing the bonding power of individuals and their mobile phone, and he uses a scientific experiment to explore love and bonding. In the experiment, mothers were taken away from their baby chimpanzees, leaving them isolated and depressed -- some even killed themselves. The researchers did put in a fake mother made of clothes, and the babies bonded closely with the fake mother. Researchers also discovered that deprived of real life contact, baby chimpanzees would seek to bond with just about anything -- even the cloth pads that lined their cages. There's a parable here --do we bond with our mobiles because of the loss of human connection in real life? -- but Bilton completely misses it, and glibly comments "Those findings also let psychologists to believe that connections to comforting objects can be as important as actual human physical contact".
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful By Mortimer Duke on March 20, 2012
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If by the future, you mean "Person in Brooklyn who likes gadgets and has a tech blog" then it's an accurate title. This book is really already so dated (after a year and a half) that it feels about as relevant as an article about the ipad 2.

Mr. Bilton would like to be a tech guru and prognosticator, and maybe he knows something more than what's in this book, but content-wise he just doesn't present any new ideas or unifying themes. The analysis doesn't go beyond what appear to be a series of blog-length commentaries stitched together. I would be surprised if there are companies out there who would take this seriously as a guide to future trends; it's just so surface-level and I can't see any real reason to see this as profound.

Problems are often in a complete misunderstanding of the arguments in the area (interpreting 3 hours of action video gaming as "long form" media), and more especially in a lack of ownership of ideas ("according to ...."). This would like to be a Malcolm Gladwell book, but while Gladwell brings simplicity to a complex topic, it's not just by dumbing things down, but by articulating real ideas -- whether you agree with him or not -- and bringing some substance to the debate while keeping things readable. What this book needs is a reason to exist besides being a career-promoting vehicle for a blogger.
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By M. Tautges on September 5, 2014
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Not a great literary work by any means
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The problem with reviewing Nick Bilton's amazing new book, "I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted" is confirmation bias. Nick says things I agree with, and therefore I'm likely to approve both of his arguments and the way in which he makes them. You might know Nick Bilton as the lead writer of the NYTimes Bits Blog. He has worked as the NYT's the Design Integration Editor and as a User Interface Specialist & Researcher for Times' Research & Development Lab. He also designed the first Britney Spears doll.

Nick is optimistic that his employer (the NYT's) and his industry (journalism) will be positively transformed by the digital disruption. I feel the same way about my employer and higher ed in general.

Nick believes that newspapers, and magazines have the opportunity to leverage technology to improve the quality of journalism while opening up new opportunities and markets. I believe that technology provides us both the opportunity and tools for higher education to transform how we construct and deliver learning, in ways that have the potential to both drive down costs and increase quality.

Nick argues that content creators are selling the entire experience, not just their content, and that pricing needs to reflect the quality and personalization of the total consumption experience. I'm convinced that in higher education we offer much more than content, that we are creating and nurturing environments most conducive to authentic active learning and the preparation of tomorrow's leaders.

Nick is energized by the professional and personal opportunities for self-expression and community building offered by emerging technologies.
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