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  • The Code Economy

    A Forty-Thousand Year History

    by Philip E. Auerswald ...
    What do Stone Age axes, Toll House cookies, and Burning Man have in common? They are all examples of code in action. What is "code"? Code is the DNA of human civilization as it has evolved from Neolithic simplicity to modern complexity. It is the "how" of progress. It is how ideas become things, how ingredients become cookies. It is how cities are created and how industries develop. In a sweeping ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Phone Is a Cow

    How Pioneers of the Mobile Revolution Helped Millions Lift Themselves Out of Poverty

    by Philip E. Auerswald ...
    The untold stories of a generation of pioneers who brought the mobile revolution to global majorities worldwideFar more than a phone, today's mobile is a powerful handheld computer embedded within a global communications network—and accessible to nearly everyone, everywhere. Achieving technological inclusion at this scale required both science-based inventions and opportunity-seeking innovations; ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Code Economy

    A Forty-Thousand Year History

    by Philip E. Auerswald ...
    What do Stone Age axes, Toll House cookies, and Burning Man have in common? They are all examples of code in action. What is "code"? Code is the DNA of human civilization as it has evolved from Neolithic simplicity to modern complexity. It is the "how" of progress. It is how ideas become things, how ingredients become cookies. It is how cities are created and how industries develop. In a sweeping ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Code Economy

    A Forty-Thousand Year History

    by Philip E. Auerswald ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    Code is the "how" of human productive activity. The creation, implementation, and refinement of code have been the infrastructure of human progress from Neolithic simplicity to modern complexity. In a sweeping narrative that takes readers from the production of Stone Age axes, to the invention of chocolate chip cookies, to the experience of Burning Man, Philip Auerswald argues that the key driver ... Read more

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  • The Zero Marginal Cost Society

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