{"product_id":"siliconned-emmanuel-maggiori-9781838337278","title":"Siliconned: How the tech industry solves fake problems, hoards idle workers, and makes doomed bets with other people's money","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA start-up wastes a billion dollars making videos nobody wants to watch.\u003c\/strong\u003e A city rushes to build landing pads for flightless air taxi prototypes. Tech giants hire thousands of techies for fake projects to stop them working for rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tech industry has a tendency to go crazy. In Siliconned,  industry insider Emmanuel Maggiori decodes tech's hysteria and explains why we all pay the price for it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou'll discover: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003eHow tech investment became a blind hunt for pipe dreams, unicorns, and explosive growth;How shady incentives reward tech investors for burning cash;How governments and central banks pour fuel on the fire;How tech companies squander talent, and how well-intentioned fads like Agile and Lean help cover it up.\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom low interest rates to gigantic bubbles, \u003cem\u003eSiliconned\u003c\/em\u003e turns the tech industry upside down and suggests how to fix it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmanuel Maggiori, PhD, is a software engineer, writer, and speaker. He's the author of the best-selling book Smart Until It's Dumb: Why artificial intelligence keeps making epic mistakes (and why the AI bubble will burst).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel Maggiori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183833727X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838337278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Applied Maths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Emmanuel Maggiori","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46140981838079,"sku":"9781838337278","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1e2719f-e27a-4fc4-a219-f2cd64b2bbf8.jpg?v=1726597589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/siliconned-emmanuel-maggiori-9781838337278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}