Next: The Future Just Happened

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (May 17, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393323528
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393323528
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (May 17, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393323528
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393323528
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches

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  1. … explains the modern world in language we can all enjoy and understand
    Michael Lewis explains the modern world in language we can all enjoy and understand. In Next he tackles the internet and how it has affected us or at least how it had affected us up until 2001 when the book was published. Since then, of course, many more things have developed, but seeing how people made use of the internet in the early days 17 or so years ago really helped my understanding of where things went from there and why. Mr Lewis’ characterizations of the people he interviewed for this book are fresh and engaging. They make me want to know more while at the same time opening questions about the new technologies that can be very dark and troubling. It got me thinking and I want to know more. Maybe I’ll read the The New New Thing next…

  2. The Future – has it or will it change our lives?
    Both the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times have panned this book – that is a shame because for what it tries to do it is very good. This is not the definitive book on the effects of technology on our lives. That tome has not been written – and probably should not be. It starts with a much more modest premise – i.e. can we begin to understand the dimensions of the change that the Internet is causing? Lewis uses several viginettes to explain his thesis – that the Internet is in a quiet phase, no less important than when tech stocks were at their high but no less pervasive. He argues that many of our traditional understandings both about sources of expertise and ways of delivering things to consumers have been fundamentally changed by the Internet. Many of the technologies that are being adopted are better understood by the young. They are less hung up by either the technology or the change in habits. What is interesting about Lewis’ premise is that it is upheld if one looks at other technological revolutions. The ultimate effects may be more profound both because of the scope and the duration of the changes, but the parallels are interesting. Peter Drucker, in a 1999 Atlantic article, presented some of that historical evidence – on the disruptive effects of the Cotton Gin or the railroads and also on the speculative bubble that transformed the first phase of the revolution. Lewis offers some stories about several changes that are happening often underneath our fields of vision. In addition to the transformation of expertise and the cult of youth he develops a thought that the perception of time is an issue that all of us should grapple with. As the fundamental bases of society are made less certain our long term perceptions of what will come next (our ability to think linearly into the future) become unsettled. He presented one example, where the perception of the long future (i.e. one step beyond our planning horizon) is becoming increasingly shorter. That is an interesting paradox. The final portion of the book presents a series of issues about the ability of individuals to respond to change. He discusses a Wired article – where humans eventually become obsolete – as machines increasingly are used for more and more complex tasks. Hardly, a cheery thought. That kind of thinking is troubling but rarely on target. Regardless of the correctness of the speculation – it raises some broader issues that all of us must begin to think about. At what point should we limit the ability of people to investigate science? In all, I found this to be both enjoyable and provocative. That is a wonderful mix.

  3. Curious observations of a gifted story teller
    Having read few other books of Mr. Lewis it was more of a compulsion to pick this one up and read it. What really surprised me is the subject matter itself and the timing of writing. People were suddenly running away from technology after the bust and it was no longer fashionable to be in tech when this was written.Since then lot of things have happened with the help of Internet.Few dictators fell partially because of its effects, the way new generation thinks of privacy has changed and more of the social effects will become visible with time.Just amazed at the authors ability to write on a subject matter I did not associate with him. It’s truly original investigation and him being a great story teller a good read.

  4. Information revolution
    This book was just written after the dot com hype and the stock market collapsed. It tells a few stories about a 15 year old boy who beats professionals in the stock market and earns a few hundred K. It is about the internet that has changed a big part of the economy. I still think it is strange — no ridiculous — that building websites has started a whole new economy. It is strange that people have a day job running their virtual business in second life. Next shows and tells you that the world has changed and that the internet might be the next information revolution after the steam engine started the industrial revolution…

  5. Reading this in 2018 but if we pretend we’re still in 2000 and reading this book, it must’ve castes a huge impact. The mere fact that experts aren’t so special anymore due to more sharing of information and knowledge, all thanks to internet, this was important enough to understand how our society is being changed by technology.

  6. Excellent read as always from Michael Lewis, even if I read this book a few years too late. Interesting to remind myself how the internet was back at the start of the millennium to how it is now.

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