The Rise of the Humans: How to outsmart the digital deluge

by Dave Coplin

The rapid growth of our digital world has brought huge advantages - access to information anywhere, at any time, and the ability to communicate with colleagues, family and friends around the globe in real-time. But in other ways, the same technology has also disconnected us. This book deals with this topic.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

152 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2014

Reviews

[Michael Nemtsev · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book after watching the "Re-imaging Work" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11t6... that describes how our day work changed with the support of technology.

There are very interesting insights on how we can achieve the same outcomes with working from anywhere and at time that suites us.

I think this book is recommended for any IT related person who is considering how to improve his productivity in day-to-day work

[Enlik Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author emphasizes the big data and AI that we should not fear, but embrace to utilize it for the better future of human beings. As a person working in the technology field, Dave Coplin reminds me to have more awareness about what I do and how to use my time in a better way.

The 5 types of our work mentioned in the book are also nice to learn, paid work (your day job), fee work (freelance/consultation/specific services), gift work (volunteer), home work (family), study work (lifelong learning).

[Kym Hamer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is compact and insightful look into the future. Coplin raises various questions about the rise of machines and presents an alternative view in the way that humans and machines can work together to produce even better outcomes for society if approached and harnessed in the right way. This one's a keeper for me to dip back into again and again. 5-stars.

[Dr. Tathagat Varma · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a slim book, and while it doesn't really add something new to what any reasonably-aware AI enthusiast or researcher might not already know, Dave presents in a very interesting manner.

[S M Booth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review of The Rise of the Human

Raises some interesting ideas around the ways to think about using technology to our advantage without being. overwhelmed by them.

[Brian Bigelow · Rating 4 out of 5]

What will be important in the future is finding good ways of having our technology assist us in our endeavors. That's what this book is about. It’s also about not letting yourself get inundated by the information overload of which I’ve been there. You do actually need to disconnect for short periods.
It's kind of funny but I'm writing this review on a Droid phone word processor and will save it to the cloud so that I can post it a bit later on my laptop. I guess you could say I found a way to utilize some of the technology I have more effectively. By the way, I also have most of those notifications shut off on my phone. Long ago I found out out emails and social networking notifications can wait quite honestly. Yes, it talks about that in the books also in many places.

[Katarina Nolte · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written by a Microsoft UK “envisioning officer”.

“We are drowning in a sea of artificiality.”
It reminds us that information is useless if we accept it without reservations.

Information is only truly practical if we examine and analyze it in a concrete context, if we view information as an additional tidbit, another peace of the puzzle. A piece which we can choose to add to the existing sum total of our personal knowledge. ... Book Review: The Rise of the Humans – How to outsmart the digital deluge By Dave Coplin | Katarina Nolte
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[Arun Mahendrakar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a relatively small book (about 140 pages). There are a couple of things in this book that I liked.
1. The author tells that interruptions that we face during our daily lives hinder us from focusing on the core actions that matters and keeps us from achieving things.
2. The other point I liked in the book is "Don't let the bulk of the data overwhelm you". The remainder of the book talks about Big Data and how it might help us survive the deluge.

I found most part of the book to be commonplace and mundane.