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--Philosophy.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : 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, Move slow and upgrade pushes us past the baseless promises of innovation, towards realistic hope." -- Adapted from publisher's description.

Contents:

Zuckerberg's mythological metaverse

The crypto con

Home security upgrades

The failed promise of Covid innovation

Moving fast and breaking schools with remote proctering

Upgrades in the age of generative AI

Upgrading hiring

Cybersecurity : the land of the true upgraders

The upgrader's mindset.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-215) and index.

ISBN:

1009466577

9781009466578

OCLC:

1535238595

Publisher Number:

CIPO000320418