Why does the explosive growth of companies like Facebook and Uber not bring more prosperity to everyone? How could things be different?

In 2013, in San Francisco, activists protesting the gentrification of their city shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees. However, these protests were not only about the activists and the Google employees, or even the 99% and the 1%. Instead, they were symptoms of the true conflict of our time, between humanity in general and a digital economy where endless growth is valued above all else.

In this groundbreaking book, Douglas Rushkoff - who has been recognized as one of the ten most influential thinkers in the world by MIT - proposes a plan for a different economic and social sustainability. Covering topics from big data to the rise of robots, from the gig economy to the collapse of the eurozone, Rushkoff shows how we can combine the best of human nature with modern technology to achieve a state of sustainable and distributed wealth.

It is time for the economy to finally work for the people it is supposed to serve.

Pages: 288, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm