Move slow and upgrade : the power of incremental innovation / Evan Selinger, Albert Fox Cahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selinger, Evan, 1974- author.

Cahn, Albert Fox, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

For far too long, tech titans peddled promises of disruptive innovation - fabricating benefits and minimizing harms. The promise of quick and easy fixes overpowered a growing chorus of critical voices, driving a sea of private and public investments into increasingly dangerous, misguided, and doomed forms of disruption, with the public paying the price. But what's the alternative? Upgrades - evidence-based, incremental change. Instead of continuing to invest in untested, high-risk innovations, constantly chasing outsized returns, upgraders seek a more proven path to proportional progress. This book dives deep into some of the most disastrous innovations of recent years - the metaverse, cryptocurrency, home surveillance, and AI, to name a few - while highlighting some of the unsung upgraders pushing real progress each day. Timely and corrective, this title pushes us past the baseless promises of innovation, towards realistic hope.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 12, 2026).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-46658-5

1-009-46656-9

1-009-46659-3

OCLC:

1570557234