The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
All labels observed (3)
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| The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future canonical | 2 |
| An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future | 1 |
| The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1026677 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future Context triple: [Steve Case, authorOf, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future]
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The Future of Ideas
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"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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Masters of Scale
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future Target entity description: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
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A.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
-
B.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
-
C.
Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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D.
Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale is a business and entrepreneurship podcast that explores how companies grow from startup to massive scale through interviews with leading founders and innovators.
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E.
Illusions of Progress
Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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business book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ technology book ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
entrepreneurs must work closely with regulators and policymakers
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partnerships with established companies will be critical for startups ⓘ place and geography will matter more in the third wave ⓘ |
| author | Steve Case ⓘ |
| basedOn | Steve Case’s experience as co-founder of AOL ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
importance of timing in entrepreneurship
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need for long-term commitment to sectors being disrupted ⓘ role of government regulation in third-wave sectors ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
transformation of education sector by the internet
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transformation of government sector by the internet ⓘ transformation of health sector by the internet ⓘ |
| genre |
business
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entrepreneurship ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| highlights |
importance of impact investing
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rise of startup ecosystems outside Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
business leaders
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entrepreneurs ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| ISBN-13 | 9781501132582 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 240 ⓘ |
| proposesConcept | third wave of the internet ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| structure | mix of memoir, analysis, and advice ⓘ |
| subject |
entrepreneurship strategy
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future of technology ⓘ innovation ⓘ internet ⓘ partnerships between startups and incumbents ⓘ public policy ⓘ regulation ⓘ startups ⓘ |
| subtitle | An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future ⓘ |
| thirdWaveDefinition | era in which the internet is integrated into real-world sectors like health, education, and transportation ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future Description of subject: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future is a business and technology book that outlines how the next era of the internet will transform major sectors like health, education, and government, and what entrepreneurs must do to succeed in it.
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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subtitle
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An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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linked to: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler
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linked to: The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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Steve