"In less than a decade, crowdsourced production has become an important phenomenon." #2MA

"the only real solutions to the labor force challenges that will arise in the future will come from markets and capitalism..." #2MA

"...and [solutions to labor force challenges will come] from the technology-enabled creations of innovators and entrepreneurs

"Peer economy companies are examples of innovations that increase the value of human labor rather than reducing it." #2MA

"To at last make the real dream of human freedom via machine labor, we're using silicon, metal, and plastic." #2MA

"The sheer density and complexity of our digital world brings risk with it." #2MA

"Complex, tightly coupled systems make tempting targets for spies, criminals, and those who love to wreak havoc." #2MA

"The physical limits on how much damage any individual or small group could do are becoming less and less constrained." #2MA

"There is a genuine tension between our ability to know more and our ability to prevent others from knowing about us.

"In a digital world, privacy requires explicitly design institutions, incentives, laws, technologies, or norms..." #2MA

"We humans build machines to do things that we see being done in the world by animals and people, but we don't build them the same way."#2MA

"It would be a mistake to think that recent AI advances have come about because we're getting better at mimicking human thought." #2MA

If you are in the MIT area, come check out our book tour and interview with WBUR at Harvard Book Store on Feb 3.goo.gl/1jLcjc #2MA

"Current AI, in short, looks intelligent, but it's an artificial resemblance." #2MA

"Technology creates possibilities and potential, but ultimately, the future we get will depend on the choices we make." #2MA

"The real promise of the second machine age is to help unleash the power of human ingenuity." #2MA

"As we have fewer constraints on what we can do, it is then inevitable that our values will matter more than ever." #2MA

"In the second machine age, we need to think about what it is we really want and what we value, as individuals and as a society." #2MA

"Technology is not destiny, We shape our destiny." #2MA