How to Survive in the Age of Amazon by Janaka Stucky. Illustration: Jason Novak If you’re reading this, you’re probably at least tangentially aware of what happens among readers, writers, publishers, and booksellers when someone says the word “Amazon.”
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Not only is it difficult in foresight and easy in hindsight, but it also carries the possibility that you’ll be completely and utterly wrong. THE SIXTH WAVE makes a very bold prediction indeed. It predicts the next wave of innovation. The act of predicting the future does have some advantages, whether you’re right or not. Predictions give you something to test your ideas against and can put some of the big and little things you see every day into a broader context. .Emmanuel Todd. .Albert-László Barabási. .Yochai Benkler. .Capra. The Turning Point. CONTENTS.