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The technological republic : hard power, soft belief, and the future of the West
Karp, Alexander C., author.
Silicon Valley has lost its way. Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world-changing technologies. Their efforts secured the West’s dominant place in the geopolitical order. But that relationship has now eroded, with perilous repercussions. Today, the market rewards shallow engagement with the potential of technology. Engineers and founders build photo-sharing apps and marketing algorithms, unwittingly becoming vessels for the ambitions of others. This complacency has spread into academia, politics, and the boardroom. The result? An entire generation for whom the narrow-minded pursuit of the demands of a late capitalist economy has become their calling. In this groundbreaking treatise, Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska offer a searing critique of our collective abandonment of ambition, arguing that in order for the U.S. and its allies to retain their global edge—and preserve the freedoms we take for granted—the software industry must renew its commitment to addressing our most urgent challenges, including the new arms race of artificial intelligence. The government, in turn, must embrace the most effective features of the engineering mindset that has propelled Silicon Valley’s success. Above all, our leaders must reject intellectual fragility and preserve space for ideological confrontation. A willingness to risk the disapproval of the crowd, Karp and Zamiska contend, has everything to do with technological and economic outperformance.....
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The anti-ableist manifesto : smashing stereotypes, forging change, and building a disability-inclusive world
Yu, Tiffany, author.
Jacket flap.....
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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King
Lauterbach, Preston, author.
"[The author] examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock 'n' Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and ... Calvin Newborn"-- Flap page 1 of dust jacket.....
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Who I always was : a memoir
Okokon, Theresa, author.
In this debut essay collection, a writer examines the enduring impact of her father's mysterious death on her identity, exploring themes of grief, Blackness, African spirituality, and the complexities of belonging, while reflecting on her experiences as a Black woman navigating unrequited love and familial abandonment in predominantly white Wisconsin suburbs.....
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Scout Camp : sex, death, and secret societies inside the Boy Scouts of America
Renner, James, 1978- author.
In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death was ruled "accidental." It wouldn't be the last death associated with Seven Ranges Reservation.James Renner, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges that year. He was always sure there must be more to the story of Mike Klingler's death, because Renner also knew firsthand that the 900-acre camp was not the safe getaway it was portrayed to be. On Friday nights the boys were ushered into the woods for a frightening ceremony in which they learned the rules for becoming good young men--and, above all, that keeping secrets was a scout's duty. No matter how dark the secrets were.....
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We will rest! : the art of escape
Hersey, Tricia, author.
We Will Rest! combines meditations, poetry, storytelling, and art, and Tricia Hersey invites us to consider liberation through resistance and reclaiming our power in the face of oppressive systems.....
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Essential world atlas [cartographic material].
Dorling Kindersley Cartography (Firm), cartographer.
This new edition includes updated maps and statistics, as well as short profiles of each of the world's 196 nations. In this atlas, you will find: a series of 12 global thematic maps on subjects diverse as ocean currents and languages ; 60 full-color regional maps featuring political and state borders ; a fully cross-referenced index-Gazetteer featuring 20,000 places ; data profiles of each country, including flags and key statistical indicators ; additional information about the main population and administrative centers, main lines of communication, ports, and airports.....
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Seven social movements that changed America
Gordon, Linda, author.
A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America.....
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The social paradox : when finding what you want means losing what you need : autonomy, connection, and why we need both to find happiness
Hippel, William von, author.
Explores the tension between two fundamental human needs: connection and autonomy, arguing that in a world where autonomy is abundant but meaningful connections are scarce, this imbalance contributes to widespread unhappiness, and offering insights on howto enhance well-being, relationships and societal structures in modern life.....
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