{"id":21,"date":"2014-01-28T20:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:42:45","slug":"the-big-switch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"The Big Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Compulsively readable.” \u2014Fast Company<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Magisterial.” \u2014Salon<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Exceedingly good.” \u2014TechWorld<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0<\/span>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0bestseller, Nicholas Carr’s\u00a0<\/span>The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google\u00a0<\/em>is a “riveting” and “magisterial” examination of how a revolution in computing \u2013 the cloud \u2013 is reshaping business, society, and culture.<\/p>\n

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From the software business to the newspaper business, from job creation to community formation, from cyberwar to privacy,\u00a0The Big Switch\u00a0<\/em>offers a panoramic view of the new world being conjured from the circuits of the \u201cWorld Wide Computer.\u201d It’s\u00a0“the best read so far about the significance of the shift to cloud computing,” says the Financial Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Purchase:
\n<\/strong>Bookstore.org
\n<\/a>Amazon.com
\n<\/a>Barnes & Noble
\n<\/a>Powell’s
\n<\/a>iBookstore<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Future Shock<\/em>\u00a0for the Web-apps era … Compulsively readable \u2013 for nontechies, too \u2013 as it compellingly weaves together news stories, anecdotes, and data.” \u2013Fast Company<\/em><\/p>\n

“Magisterial … Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America and today’s computing world.”\u00a0\u2013Salon<\/em><\/p>\n

“Mr. Carr’s provocations are destined to influence CEOs and the boards and investors that support them as companies grapple with the constant change of the digital age.”\u00a0\u2013The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/p>\n

“Widely considered to be the most influential book so far on the cloud computing movement.”\u00a0\u2013The Christian Science Monitor<\/em><\/p>\n

“The first serious examination of ‘Web 2.0’ in book form.”\u00a0\u2013The Register<\/em><\/p>\n

“<\/span>The Big Switch<\/em>\u00a0is thought-provoking and an enjoyable read, and the history of American electricity that makes up the first half of the book is riveting stuff.”\u00a0<\/span>\u2013New York Post<\/em><\/p>\n

“Lucid and accessible … [Carr’s] account is one of high journalism.” \u2013Times Higher Education<\/em><\/p>\n

“Carr stimulates, provokes and entertains superbly.” \u2013Information Age<\/em><\/p>\n

“Considered and erudite.” \u2013The<\/em> Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n

“This is an exceedingly good book.” \u2013TechWorld<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Compulsively readable.” \u2014Fast Company “Magisterial.” \u2014Salon “Exceedingly good.” \u2014TechWorld A\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0bestseller, Nicholas Carr’s\u00a0The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google\u00a0is a “riveting” and “magisterial” examination of how a revolution in computing \u2013 the cloud \u2013 is reshaping business, society, and culture. From the software business to the newspaper business, from job creation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4iw66-l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}