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Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company
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Charlie
Nov 20, 2011 rated it liked it
If you project the philosophy of this book into the future, it seems to suggest that we will all be like bees in a beehive, working efficiently for the good of a smarter planet. In that smarter planet, complex systems will be fully understood, and information systems will tell each of us exactly what needs to be done.

I'm proud to work for IBM, but this book is a little bit frightening. I prefer to think we live in world where complex system can never be fully understood or controlled. I like a
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