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'Guns, Germs, and Steel' Reconsidered
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies has had the kind of impact that most scholarly authors can only dream about for their works. First published by W.W. Norton in 1997, the book won a Pulitzer Prize the next year for its author, Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at the University of California at Los Angeles.
A Beginner’s Guide to Scientific Roadmapping
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After the Deluge: What Future for Climate Fiction? - Public Books
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A Map of the New Normal by Jeff Rubin | Penguin Random House Canada
NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A great read. I give [A Map of the New Normal] two thumbs up—way up.” —Policy MagazineBestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the spiraling inflation of the past few years is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.
Climate, Energy, & the Future–How Infrastructure Works–Deb Chachra–The Future is Literally Bright
Climate Change: Global Crisis To Local Action By Kevin Anderson
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Book Review of Making All the World America
Steven T. Newcomb reviews Timothy Bowers Vasko’s Making All the World America: Native Information and the Doctrine of Discovery (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).
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We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation
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Research Fiction: Storytelling, Plot and Design
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The Geopolitics of AI Infrastructure - Dylan Patel, SemiAnalysis
Saul Griffith: Infrastructure and Climate Change
Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas.
The Technological Republic: The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
The Sunday Times and #1 New York Times Bestseller‘The Technological Republic is far too important to ignore’ Times Literary SupplementSilicon Valley’s brightest minds once collaborated with governments to advance technologies, securing the West’s dominance on the global stage. But that relationship has corroded – with perilous repercussions for us all.Lifting the veil on tech giant Palantir and its broader political project, visionary co-founder and CEO Alexander C. Karp and his long-time deputy Nicholas W. Zamiska offer a searing critique of our collective culture of complacency. To regain geopolitical power and preserve our freedoms, we must tackle the world’s most pressing challenges – including the artificial intelligence arms race – together and head-on. Now is the time for the West to wake up.‘Bold and ambitious ... Essential reading’ Eric Schmidt‘Fascinating’ Financial Times‘A stirring manifesto’ Niall Ferguson‘Provocative and insightful’ Jamie Dimon