The podcast How to Modernize Accounting (XBRL, Knowledge Systems, Immutable Distributed Ledgers) will help you get your head around the big changes that are happening to accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis.
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If you want to understand where accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis is going it helps to understand where it has been. Watch this video about the Burroughs adding machine. Read about its history. (Burroughs Corportation)