Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

Martin Ford
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Winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

A New York Times Bestseller
Top Business Book of 2015 at Forbes
One of NBCNews.com 12 Notable Science and Technology Books of 2015

What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? We might imagine—and hope—that today’s industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that this is absolutely not the case. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making “good jobs” obsolete: many paralegals, journalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries—education and health care—that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself.

In Rise of the Robots, Ford details what machine intelligence and robotics can accomplish, and implores employers, scholars, and policy makers alike to face the implications. The past solutions to technological disruption, especially more training and education, aren’t going to work, and we must decide, now, whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what accelerating technology means for their own economic prospects—not to mention those of their children—as well as for society as a whole.

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長鏡頭下的張愛玲：影像、書信、出版

蘇偉貞 著
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遊牧者上路，靠的正是記憶。一九五二年張愛玲離開上海後就未曾回去，赴美後的創作於今看內容不脫重寫、自傳、自白，說明了這些作品如同記憶結晶，不斷折射著她的回返路線。

作者以同時為小說家又為評論家的視角，洞察創作與人生的織理；以影像、哲學、精神分析、創作美學等不同角度與分析脈絡，依據全新出土之書信與著作，重啟張愛玲研究。更以曾為媒體編輯身分與作家張愛玲往返寫信的親身體驗，從張愛玲的小說、劇本、筆記、書信、未完成與散佚稿件……勾勒出一幅比張任何一部作品都更驚人的層層疊疊建構：或者，一切都是小說家的虛構，便虛構地完成了小說家的人生。

　　繼《孤島張愛玲》後，
　　小說家學者蘇偉貞又一次對張愛玲的析論與細說
　　全書以影像、書信、出版三大面向綜論張愛玲的創作意象與內涵
　　是極具新意與創意的「看張」論述

本書以張愛玲與電影的淵源開始進行析論，曾經參與編劇的〈傾城之戀〉〈太太萬歲〉乃至〈不了情〉，張愛玲究竟欲傳遞何種訊息，以及這些影像作品與其創作，乃至真實生活中的關係，作者皆有深入的論述。

在〈生成－書信：張愛玲的創作－演出〉中，作者有意證明如果釐清張愛玲書信中重要事件之經緯，就能找到張愛玲小說－書信－人生相關的詰問與答案。作者另附記了他任職報社編輯時，與張愛玲的書信往返十數封，寫就〈張愛玲的書信演出──自誇與自鄙〉，其中細膩的析論，可為張愛玲本人性格提供註解。

在〈連環套：張愛玲的出版美學〉，作者援引了二○○九年出版的「自白體」長篇小說《小團圓》作為評說的主體，往復呼應張愛玲與胡蘭成間的情事，乃至其創作與人生，堪為讀者留下一格「張－看」「看－張」的窗。

〈重回前方，台灣行〉收錄張愛玲訪台唯一新聞報導，〈鴉片床與診療椅的心理治療檔案〉從精神分析學角度切入〈金鎖記〉的人物心理及人生悲劇，深刻反射張愛玲孤絕性格。

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Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life

Shelley Carson
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Research-based techniques that show everyone how to expand creativity and increase productivity

Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson's provocative book, published in partnership with Harvard Health Publications, reveals why creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy; in fact, all of us use our creative brains every day at home, work and play. Each of us has the ability to increase our mental functioning and creativity by learning to move flexibly among several brain states.

•Explains seven brain states or "brainsets" and their functions as related to creativity, productivity, and innovation
•Provides quizzes, exercises, and self-tests to activate each of these seven brainsets to unlock our maximum creativity

Your Creative Brain, called by critics a new classic in the field of creativity, offers inspiring suggestions that can be applied in both one's personal and professional life.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

批判性思維 (Thinking Critically)

約翰.查菲 (John Chaffee) 著
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本書綜合了邏輯學、心理學、語言學、哲學等方面的現代知識，對思維的作用、產生、發展及其表達方法作了由淺入深的論述。本書立論新穎、構思嚴謹、例証豐富、筆調流暢，在練習的設計和安排上獨具匠心，在理論聯關係實際的問題上有特色，是當代邏輯思維學和語言學一部難得的論著，其理論和方法受到了西方教育界的普遍重視。

Speaker, Leader, Champion: Succeed at Work Through the Power of Public Speaking, featuring the prize-winning speeches of Toastmasters World Champions

Jeremey Donovan, Ryan Avery
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The secrets of superb public speaking―based on the best of the best of Toastmasters

Toastmasters, a name synonymous with public speaking, is dedicated to developing its members’ communication and leadership skills.

Now Distinguished Toastmaster Jeremey Donovan and Public Speaking World Champion Ryan Avery break down the winning speeches from Toastmasters’ prestigious annual competition―providing you with tips and techniques guaranteed to improve your speaking, presentation, and communication skills. They also include a special section of insights and advice for readers who aspire to become serious public speaking competitors.

“Speaker, Leader, Champion demystifies what makes a presentation extraordinary. This engaging, actionable book will teach you how to go from appreciating a powerful speech to delivering one yourself.” ―Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take

“Whether you present in the boardroom, classroom, or lunchroom, the guidance will help you become a more confident, authentic, and engaging speaker.” ―Matt Abrahams, strategic communication lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and author of Speaking Up Without Freaking Out

“To change the world, you need to lead. To lead, you need to communicate. To communicate, you need this book.” ―Presiyan Vasilev, 2013 World Champion of Public Speaking

“This book translates the secret sauce of public speaking into easy-to-use tips.” ―Zoe Chance, assistant professor of marketing at the Yale University School of Management

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

天資差異

伊莎貝爾・布裡格斯・邁爾斯 (Isabel Briggs Myers) , 彼得・邁爾斯 (Peter B. Myers) 著
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《天資差異》作者是邁爾斯-布裡格斯類型指數人格測試表（MBTI）的創始人，該人格類型量表是有史以來使用最廣泛的人格類型測試工具。《天資差異》增進了我們對人格類型的理解，是對該人格類型測試工具的基本要點，以及在實際生活中的應用的解釋。了解著名的MBTI性格測試工具，並且評估自己的性格類型，突破人際之間的“性格壁壘”，強化個人性格優勢，回避性格局限，分析他人性格，提高人際溝通能力。根據榮格理論的觀點，《天資差異》區別了四種主要的人格類型，並解釋了這些性格特質在人們面對世界和做出決定中的作用。《天資差異》還說明了這些因素對每種性格類型的人在學習、工作和人際關係諸多方面的影響。作者將一生奉獻給了對人格類型的觀察、研究和測試。《天資差異》已被翻譯成十多種文字。近來，全世界每年有250多萬人次接受MBTI測試。在美國每年有300萬人以上參加MBTI和性格測試，其中超過80萬人為管理階層。據統計，世界前100公司中有89%的公司引入使用MBTI作為員工和管理層自我發展、改善溝通、提升組織績效的重要方法，80%以上的高層管理者、高級人事主管都在使用這個工具。

(摘錄自douban.com)