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"In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions; the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Instead, we must adapt-improvise rather than plan, work from the bottom up rather than the top down, and take baby steps rather than great leaps forward. "

Recommended by Nick Temple at Winter Workshop

Prediction Markets Google Group. The Group comes compleat with some very opinionated characters. Can be useful to watch the ambient flow from a distance for nuggets like the Economist article. Suggest people subscribe with a non-work id that they can check at their leisure so any posts don't clutter work email on handhelds.

The image of a robot stepping into the shoes of a human worker couldn't be more wrong. When it comes to technology's most significant applications, we are neither usurped or seduced - because the systems involved are nothing like us in either their function or faculties. As a species, we are not in competition with information technology at all: we are, rather, busily adapting the fabric of our world into something machines can comprehend.

"The Digital Universe Grows, and So Does The Digital Cemetery"