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Perhaps most significant, the hegemony of a single party that had ruled Israel for decades had been broken. The Right, long relegated to the political desert, had ended Labor’s grip on the nation’s politics and policies. Israelis now had options as they charted their nation’s future. More often than not, what would determine how they voted was how
... See moreDaniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Under President Obama, Cass Sunstein served as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. With Richard Thaler, Sunstein coauthored Nudge, which is the basic manual for applying behavioral economics to policy. It was no accident that the “fuel economy and environment” sticker that will be displayed on every new car starting i
... See moreDaniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Kai-Fu Lee • AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
So too we can expect the vitriol to die down when Trump leaves office and an uneasy calm to exist. Then, following the election of 2028, a new explosion, as the incoming president’s radical policies—from the standpoint of the prior half a century—come under attack. But this vitriol will be simply the surface of the deep structural changes. For the
... See moreGeorge Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Where do I as an individual fit into the global competition and opportunities of the day, and how can I, on my own, collaborate with others globally?
Thomas L. Friedman • The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The big question for the future is, what is the next transformative technology and how do we recognize it in its early form?
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Today, potential enemies proliferate not because of anything the United States does but because of who the United States is. This changes not only U.S. foreign policy but the institutional structure of the United States. The entire world is a potential antagonist and requires constant management.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
the lessons we derive in the aftermath of major catastrophic events are decidedly not rational. We exaggerate the probability of their recurrence, and we resent any reminders that (setting the shock aside) their actual human and economic impact has been comparable to the consequences of many risks whose cumulative toll does not raise any extraordin
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