The technological republic : hard power, soft belief, and the future of the West (engelsk)

Alexander C. Karp

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An indictment of the West’s culture of complacency, arguing that timid leadership, intellectual fragility, and an unambitious view of technology’s potential in Silicon Valley have made the U.S. vulnerable in an era of mounting global threats. The software industry must renew its commitment to addressing our most urgent challenges, including the new arms race of artificial intelligence. Government, in turn, must embrace the most effective features of the engineering mindset that have propelled Silicon Valley’s success.

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The software century. Lost valley -- Sparks of intelligence -- The winner's fallacy -- End of the atomic age -- The hollowing out of the American mind. The abandonment of belief -- Technological agnostics -- A balloon cut loose -- "Flawed systems" -- Lost in Toyland -- The engineering mindset. The Eck swarm -- The improvisational startup -- The disapproval of the crowd -- Building a better rifle -- A cloud or a clock -- Rebuilding the technological republic. Into the desert -- Piety and its price -- The next thousand years -- An aesthetic point of view