Title The efficiency paradox : what big data can't do / Edward Tenner.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
	©2018

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	658.515 TENNER	Check Shelf
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Edition	First edition.
Description	xxxi, 282 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preface: The seven deadly sins of efficiency : why it is still a work in progress -- From mill to platform : how the nineteenth century redefined efficiency and the twenty-first has transformed it -- The failed promise of the information explosion : how the quest to measure elite science empowered populist culture -- The mirage of the teaching machine : why learning is still a slog after fifty years of Moore's Law -- Moving targets : what geographic information can't do -- The vanished body : why we are still waiting for RoboDoc -- Inspired inefficiency : how to balance algorithm and intuition.
Summary	"Bold challenge to our obsession with efficiency--and a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipity"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Industrial efficiency.
	Serendipity.
	Artificial intelligence.
	Big data.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Knowledge Capital.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
	SELF-HELP -- Time Management.
	Artificial intelligence. (OCoLC)fst00817247
	Big data. (OCoLC)fst01892965
	Industrial efficiency. (OCoLC)fst00970970
	Serendipity. (OCoLC)fst01113065
ISBN	9781400041398 hardcover
	1400041392 hardcover
	9780525520306 electronic book
	9781400034888
	1400034884

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