Cesar Hidalgo leads the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab. A trained statistical physicist and an expert on Networks and Complex Systems, he also has extensive experience in the field of economic development and has pioneered research on how big data impacts economic decision-making.
A bold attempt to synthesise a large body of cutting-edge work into
a readable, slender volume... his thought-provoking book deserves
to be widely read * Financial Times *
Mr Hidalgo succeeds brilliantly in bringing his complex subject to
life. His book is full of nuggets, from memorable phrases to
interesting metaphors * Economist *
[Hidalgo's] innovative thinking about what drives growth could help
us to navigate the turbulence of the ever more interconnected
global economy... He has iden tified a fertile seam * Nature *
The concept of information is necessary to make sense of anything
that is not a boring featureless mass, including life, mind,
society, and value. Why Information Grows lucidly explains
the foundations of this essential concept, while creatively
applying it in exciting new ways. It is filled with interesting
ideas, and a pleasure to read -- Steven Pinker, author of The
Language Instinct and How the Mind Works
Why Information Grows shows us how humans infuse information
into matter, making it more valuable than gold. Hidalgo's work
brilliantly spotlights the true alchemy of the twenty-first century
and its impact from economic complexity to national competitiveness
-- Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Distinguished Professor and Director of
Northeastern University's Center for Complex Network Research, and
author of Linked
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