In The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on
our lives and businesses. Now they've written a guide to help readers
make the most of our collective future. Machine Platform Crowd
outlines the opportunities and challenges inherent in the science
fiction technologies that have come to life in recent years, like
self-driving cars and 3D printers, online platforms for renting outfits
and scheduling workouts, or crowd-sourced medical research and financial
instruments.