Jonathan Todd Ross
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Language
English
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Business professor Scott Galloway asks fundamental questions about Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. How did those four infiltrate our lives so completely that they're almost impossible to avoid (or boycott)? Why does the stock market forgive them for sins that would destroy other firms? And as they race to become the world's first trillion-dollar company, can anyone chalƯlenge them? Galloway deconstructs the strategies of the Four that lurk beneath...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Discusses why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection.
3) The four
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Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Through analysis that's both rigorous and entertaining, Galloway outlines the path for the next trillion dollar company, the Fifth Horseman, and points to which companies are in the running. Uber for example or, less obvious, Microsoft and Starbucks. As with Peter Thiel's Zero to One; listeners will come away with fresh, game changing insights about what it takes to win in today's economy.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Data analyst Eitan Hersh shows us a way toward more effective political participation. Aided by political theory, history, cutting-edge social science, as well as remarkable stories of ordinary citizens who got off their couches and took political power seriously, this book shows us how to channel our energy away from political hobbyism and toward empowering our values.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Physics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital “clouds” to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles.
Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What’s the simple science behind motion sensors,...
Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What’s the simple science behind motion sensors,...