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Get the Summary of Kyle Chayka's Filterworld in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book."Filterworld" by Kyle Chayka is a comprehensive exploration of the evolution and impact of algorithms on society, culture, and individual identity. Tracing the journey of algorithms from ancient mathematical formulas to their central role in modern computing and artificial intelligence, Chayka delves into their profound influence on human...
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The benefits of globalization have long been trumpeted by right-wing and centre-left politicians and is enshrined in the neoliberal consensus of western democracies. However, in recent years, conservative rhetoric has turned increasingly anti-globalization. Ray Kiely examines this new trend, in particular the discourse of “winners” and “losers” of globalization that has emerged since the financial crisis, and which has been used by conservative...
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What you need to know now about America's energy future
"Hi, I'm the United States and I'm an oil-oholic." We have an energy problem. And everybody knows it, even if we can't all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peaking oil, foreign oil, public safety? If the fears are this complicated, then the solutions are bound to be even more confusing. Maggie Koerth-Baker? Science editor at the award-winning blog BoingBoing.net?...
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Convergence as Adaptivity explores under what conditions policy convergence may be seen an indication of policy autonomy. Zhiyuan Wang advances a theory that argues states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones. Investigating bilateral investment treaties, preferential trade agreements, corporate taxation, and central bank independence as policy substitutes, he provides both quantitative and qualitative...
45) Burden of proof
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Three weeks after his twenty-third birthday, Ethan missed the chance to save his brother's life when he was murdered on the steps of the courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida. Ever since that fateful day, Ethan has sensed a deep disconnect between the man he should have been and the one he has become. His days play out a beat too slow, his mind replaying the scene of his failure again and again. But when his brother's widow appears, asking for his help...
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A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world.
After decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous foreign wars, global recession, the meteoric rise of China and India, and the COVID pandemic have undermined the power of the West's international institutions and unleashed the forces of nationalism and...
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Puts commentators on Global government in conversation about their often provocative global institutional visions.
Recent years have seen a remarkable resurgence in rigorous thought on global government by leading thinkers in international relations, economics, and political theory. Not since the immediate post-World War II period have so many scholars given serious attention to possibilities for global political integration.
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Esta obra consta de cuatro partes. La primera aborda los orígenes históricos y las características clásicas de la soberanía estatal, articulada con la consolidación del Estado nación como forma de organización política de la sociedad occidental en la modernidad, expone los factores de la crisis del Estado nación y su incidencia en el mantenimiento de la soberanía estatal, y alude a la recomposición del elemento poblacional de los Estados...
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« Les faits sont les faits, la vérité sur les Khazars » est un pamphlet se présentant comme le texte d'une lettre qu'un homme d'affaires juif, Benjamin H. Freedman, a écrit à un médecin "converso", David Goldstein, en 1954. Cette lettre défend l'idée selon laquelle le christianisme est une réalité du judaïsme. Le texte expose la notion selon laquelle la plupart des individus désormais identifiés comme juifs, ne sont pas le peuple sémitique...
50) El Inconformista
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"El inconformista" se puede considerar como una mina cuyas galerías están ubicadas en diferentes profundidades entre ellas. A través de doce diálogos entre un profesor de filosofía, un escritor-astrólogo y un poeta, se toman en cuenta los grandes temas existenciales del hombre por medio del contraste entre aquel que confía ciegamente en la ciencia y quien confía en Dios y las leyes de la naturaleza. El libro, analizando también la sociedad...
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The SIMPOL Solution, spearheaded by the Simultaneous Policy (SIMPOL) Organization, gives voters around the world a new way to pressure their leaders to address global problems ranging from climate change to mass immigration and gross income disparities.
Blending politics and psychology, The SIMPOL Solution shows how through simultaneous action-through cooperation-we can overcome the problems we face today, and our children will face tomorrow.
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Vivimos en un tiempo de gigantes avances tecnológicos, más de lo que el mundo ha vivido jamás. Más como la historia lo ha probado, cada nuevo descubrimiento o cambio social no es necesariamente en pos del beneficio de comunidades más pequeñas o para el mundo a gran escala. Albert Einstein, un pacifista de toda la vida, al darse cuenta de que sus descubrimientos por consiguiente conllevarían la creación de la bomba atómica, se arrepintió...
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Este libro recoge los discursos que Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio en ocasión de los tres Encuentros Mundiales de los Movimientos Populares. Se trata de documentos de inestimable valor político e histórico, pues de ellos mana en toda su potente sencillez el mensaje rompedor y revolucionario del papado de Francisco y su firme compromiso por la causa de los que viven en los márgenes del imperio aplastante del capitalismo, es decir, por aquellos a los...
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"Follow the money, find the truth. That's Michelle Malkin's journalistic mantra, and in her stunning new book, Open Borders Inc., she puts it to work with a shocking, comprehensive expos�e of who's behind our immigration crisis." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Politicians want cheap votes or cheap labor. Church leaders want pew-fillers and collection plate donors. Social justice militants, working with corporate America, want to silence free speech...
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Though pillage, profit, and plunder have been a mainstay of war since pre-colonial times, there is little contemporary focus on the role of finance and economics in today's "Drug Wars"-despite the fact that they boost US banks and fill our prisons with poor people. They feed political campaigns, increase the arms trade, and function as long-term fixes to capitalism's woes, cracking open new territories to privatization and foreign direct investment....
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"Winner of the 2011 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher Education, University Professional and Continuing Education Association" "Honorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in Education, Association of American Publishers" Ben Wildavsky is a senior scholar in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was education editor of U.S. News & World...
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What is the European Union's role in the third millennium geopolitical environment in Sub-Saharan Africa? What are Rural Development Policies in Tanzania? In agriculture they are considered a driver for the development of the entire Country System. What can be created from convergence and cooperation in an African model nation such as The United Republic of Tanzania and the European Vision 2014-2020 in East Africa. This book represents a useful compendium...
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Is China's rise unstoppable? Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges. From energy scarcity to environmental degradation to political unrest and growing global security burdens, a host of factors could derail China's...
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Although part of a broader circumpolar world, North America's Arctic and sub-Arctic borders-and the establishment of new boundaries in the wake of significant, and regionally unique, change-are increasingly relevant in the broader, global world.
Indeed, the Arctic reality has been dramatically reshaped by new territorial configurations and comprehensive land claims, increasing flows of international investment and trade focused upon resource industries...
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Google's search engine has made information and education more accessible by putting accurate and relevant information at our fingertips. People of all backgrounds and socio-economic levels are now able to take advantage of academic work that is once reserved for the privileged. A search engine like Google facilitates the spreading of knowledge and the gaining of knowledge, particularly when utilized properly. With the advancement of smart technology,...
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