Sean Carney

Tag: Book Review

  • Building a Second Brain

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    Over the past year I’ve seen a good amount of hype around Diago Forte’s book Building a Second Brain and decided to add it to my reading list. I’m always skeptical when I see titles in the ‘Productivity’ category since it seems like most authors in the genre spend a lot to time evangelizing their…

  • Book review: Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil

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    As big data transforms our businesses, governments and society, it also presents us with new moral and ethical dilemmas that we need to consider. As is typical with new technology, we often tend to implement first, and consider the ethical issues later. Cathy O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction is an introduction to the ethical…

  • Book review: Whiplash by Joi Ito and Jeff Howe

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    Talking about the rate of change in our society has transcended being a statement of fact to being something of a cliché. Never the less, technical and societal changes are forcing us to regularly ask deep questions about how to move forward in the midst of rapid change. Joi Ito and Jeff Howe of the…