Building on the success of his industry-shaking Does IT Matter? Nicholas Carr returns with The Big Switch, a sweeping look at how a new computer revolution is reshaping business, society, and culture. Just as companies stopped generating their own power and plugged into the newly built electric grid some hundred years ago, today it's computing that's turning into a utility. The effects of this transition will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. The Big Switch provides a panoramic view of the new world being conjured from the circuits of the "World Wide Computer." New for the paperback edition, the book now includes an A-Z guide to the companies leading this transformation.

尼古拉斯·卡尔，生于1959年，毕业于哈佛大学，是美国知名作家兼思想家，专门研究战略、创新和技术。他于1997～2003年任《哈佛商业评论》执行主编。他现在居住在美国马萨诸塞州波士顿市。