Technology & Business

Bitcoin’s value has risen to a new high of more than $70,000, but misconceptions about its reliability have prevented most people from using it to create life-changing wealth. In Bitcoin Supercycle: How the Crypto Calendar Can Make You Rich, MICHAEL TERPIN explains his “Four Seasons of Bitcoin” model – which shows how the price of bitcoin moves in reliable cycles, similar to those of real estate and stock markets – and gives you the numbers, evidence, charts, and strategies to take advantage.…

In 7 Rules of Self-Reliance: How to Stay Low, Keep Moving, Invest in Yourself, and Own Your Future, MAHA ABOUELENEIN draws upon her experience as a strategic communications and global branding expert, delving into essential practices such as embracing a growth mindset and reputation management in the digital age, providing transformative lessons that are both practical and empowering. Moderated by organizational psychologist and technologist NATALIA MARTINEZ-KALININA. PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MDC TECH, SCHOOL OF GLOBAL BUSINESS &…

With an insider perspective on the insanity of high finance and venture investing, The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble follows ALOK SAMA’s journey as chief dealmaker at the most influential technology investor in the world, SoftBank, alongside its iconic founder, Masayoshi Son. Ultimately a morality tale, The Money Trap reminds us that in life – and technology investing – more money isn’t always the answer.  The sole assistant to the billionaire founder of one of the most prestigious hedge funds in the world,…

ERNEST SCHEYDER’s The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives explores the battle between industry titans, conservationists, community groups, and policymakers over the sourcing of materials needed to power millions of devices. It’s an honest picture of what’s at stake in this fight for energy independence and the ethical implications that affect us all. Blending science, history, and literary verve, NICOLA TWILLEY’s Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet,…

BEN MEZRICH‘s Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History examines the darkly comic battle between one of the most intriguing, polarizing, influential men of our time and the company that represents our culture’s dearest hope for a shared global conversation. BEN SMITH’s Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral is the origin story of the post-truth age. This is the tale of rivals Nick Denton at Gawker and Jonah Peretti at HuffPost and BuzzFeed – where Smith was editor-in-chief – whose pursuit of attention helped release the dark forces that would overtake the internet and American society.…

PAYAM ZAMANI escaped religious persecution in Iran at 16, and made his way to America as a refugee. At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO. But he also learned the hard way that modern capitalism can be harmful to the human soul. Blending business acumen with spiritual beliefs, in Crossing the Desert: The Power of Embracing Life’s Difficult Journeys Zamani offers a path to a new model of capitalism. Moderated by ALEJANDRO D. GONZÁLEZ, executive director of The Idea Center at Miami Dade College.…

DANIELA RUS’ The Mind’s Mirror: Risk and Reward in the Age of AI, co-written with Gregory Mone, is an introduction to the true potential of AI and a lively exploration of the underlying technology and its limitations and possibilities. In Mindless: The Human Condition in the Machine Age, ROBERT SKIDELSKY explores our relationship with machines, from humanity’s first tools to the present and into the future. It raises the crucial question of why some parts of the world developed a “machine civilization,” and others didn’t,…

SIERRA GREER’s Annie Bot: A Novel is the story of an AI-enabled doll created to be the perfect girlfriend for her owner, Doug: She has dinner ready every night, wears outfits he hand-picks, and adjusts her libido to suit him. But when Annie begins to explore human emotions she begins to question what Doug really desires – and what she owes herself. In COLIN WINNETTE’s Users: A Novel, Miles, a lead creative at a virtual reality company,…

DANIELA RUS’ The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots, co-written with Gregory Mone, is an overview of the interconnected fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. They argue this technology will make us more capable, productive, precise – and even more human. And in Devil in the Stack: A Code Odyssey, ANDREW SMITH shares his immersive trip into the world of coding, from the stories of logic, machine learning, and early computing to the present moment of future-defining technology.…

KARA SWISHER’s Burn Book: A Tech Love Story – part memoir, part history – tells the inside story of Silicon Valley and tech’s most powerful players, including Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger, and Mark Zuckerberg. Together and at odds, they ruled over an explosion of world-changing innovation that has both helped and hurt our world. Joining her in conversation is author BEN MEZRICH. PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MDC TECH,…

In Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, MALCOLM  GLADWELL revisits the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time to explain the dark side of contagious phenomena. Through a series of riveting stories, Gladwell traces the rise of a new, troubling form of social engineering, offering a guide to making sense of today’s contagions. Moderated by WLRN’s TOM HUDSON. PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MDC TECH, SCHOOL OF GLOBAL BUSINESS &…