Data Made to Matter by MIT Sloan School of Management
Data Made to Matter
10 episodes
8 months ago
The Second Machine Age is here. Two MIT economists create a playbook for how businesses can adapt to our new digital future.
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee are co-founders the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT Sloan. Their new book is “Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future.”
We speak with Erik and Andy about the great economic rebalancing of minds and machines, physical products and virtual platforms, core competencies and the wisdom of the crowd.
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The Second Machine Age is here. Two MIT economists create a playbook for how businesses can adapt to our new digital future.
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee are co-founders the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT Sloan. Their new book is “Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future.”
We speak with Erik and Andy about the great economic rebalancing of minds and machines, physical products and virtual platforms, core competencies and the wisdom of the crowd.
Data Made to Matter by MIT Sloan School of Management
14 minutes 55 seconds
8 years ago
Texting Out of Poverty
A developmental economist uses data to track how technology is changing lives in Africa. Tavneet Suri is on the ground in Kenya, collecting data on telecom innovations and their impacts. We spoke with Tavneet about how mobile money is lifting women and families out of poverty. We also learn some surprising facts on why voter texts are causing disappointment.
Data Made to Matter by MIT Sloan School of Management
The Second Machine Age is here. Two MIT economists create a playbook for how businesses can adapt to our new digital future.
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee are co-founders the Initiative on the Digital Economy at MIT Sloan. Their new book is “Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future.”
We speak with Erik and Andy about the great economic rebalancing of minds and machines, physical products and virtual platforms, core competencies and the wisdom of the crowd.
