Next: The Future Just Happened
Michael Lewis
The New York Times bestseller. "His book is a wake-up call at a time when many believe the net was a flash in the pan."—BusinessWeek With his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged changes in the way we live, work, and think. In the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, the Internet has become a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. Old priesthoods are crumbling. In the new order, the amateur is fourteen-year-olds manipulate the stock market and nineteen-year-olds take down the music industry. Unseen forces undermine all forms of collectivism, from the family to the mass one black box has the power to end television as we know it, and another one may dictate significant changes in our practice of democracy. With a new afterword by the author.
- Author
- Michael Lewis
- First published
- January 1, 2001
- First published
- 2001
- My rating
- 4/5
- Goodreads rating
- 3.70/5 from 2,032 ratings and 166 reviews
- Edition
- Kindle Edition · 252 pages
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Business, Technology, Audiobook, Economics, History, Internet, Journalism, Finance, Computers
- Added
- April 10, 2014
- Times read
- 1
- Owned copies
- 0
- Goodreads
- Book record
- Canonical URL
- /books/next-the-future-just-happened-845c5cc5