Like : The Button That Changed the World
(2025)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Ascent Audio, 2025
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 24 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781663752178 MWT18127341, 1663752176 18127341
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Joel Richards

Over seven billion times a day, someone taps a like button. How could something that came out of nowhere become so ubiquitous and so familiar-and even so addictive? What problem does it solve for people, and why does a "like" feel so good? And by the way, who invented the like button in the first place? In Like, bestselling author and renowned strategist Martin Reeves and coauthor Bob Goodson-Silicon Valley veteran and participant in the invention of the like button-take listeners along on a fascinating quest to find out what's behind the world's friendliest icon. It's a story that starts out as simply as a thumbs-up cartoon but ends up presenting surprises and new mysteries at every turn, some of them as deep as anthropological history and others as speculative as the AI-charged future. But this isn't just the story of the like button. It's so much more. Using the origin story and evolution of the like button as a jumping-off point, the authors take listeners on a fun and fascinating journey through the world of business, offering smart and surprising insights into technology, innovation, creativity, invention, and even us

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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