Tim O’Reilly: ‘Generosity is the thing that is at the beginning of prosperity’

The tech pioneer, CEO of publishing company O’Reilly Media, says his industry will fail unless the web giants start putting consumers ahead of shareholdersTim O’Reilly believes we need to have a reset. This means more coming from him than it does from most people. The 63-year-old CEO, born in Ireland and raised in San Francisco, is one of the most influential pioneers and thinkers of the internet age. His publishing company, O’Reilly Media, began producing computer manuals in the late 1970s and he has been early to spot many influential tech trends ever since: open-source software, web 2.0, wifi, the maker movement and big data among them.His new book, WTF: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us, looks at work and how jobs will change in a world shaped by technology. It is sometimes hard not to be pessimistic about what’s coming over the hill, but he is convinced that our destiny remains in human hands. Related: Robots 'could take 4m UK private sector jobs within 10 years' Generosity is the thing that is at the beginning of prosperity, not at the end Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ PC World | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Wired | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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