Leveling the Playing Field: The Democratization of Technology

by Rod Scher

Leveling the Playing Field explores the technologies that “trickle down” to the rest of us, those that were once the domain of the wealthy and powerful--and which therefore tended to make them even more wealthy and powerful. Now, though, these technologies--from books to computers to 3D printing and beyond--have become part of a common toolkit, one accessible to almost anyone, or at least to many more than had heretofore had access. This is what happens with most They begin in the hands of the few, and they end up in the hands of the many. Along the way, they sometimes transform the world.

344 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Andrea Sachs · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this so much! I can't begin to relay all the interesting facts I learned, and the worries that some of them gave me - (privacy with the Internet) - but each chapter held my interest, even when the subject was new to me. Or maybe especially when it was new to me. Read this!

[Mary Ronan Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining and informative. I zipped through it.

[Les · Rating 4 out of 5]

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