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Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover with dustjacket, 2001, 224 p
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The Future just happened – Michael Lewis
R125.00
Lewis explores the internet’s early days and how it empowered individuals and amateurs over traditional institutions and experts. Using a series of vignettes, the author reveals how the internet was already beginning to disrupt long-established professions and industries.
- A 14-year-old child successfully manipulates the stock market, demonstrating how readily available information challenged the mystique and authority of investment professionals.
- A 19-year-old contributes to the disruption of the music business, showing how the internet changed content distribution.
- By decentralizing information, the internet eroded the power and mystique of professions like lawyers and investment gurus.
- The book also considers the broader consequences of this rapid change, from the decay of old institutions to the unsettling of traditional perceptions of the future
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