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"Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report is required reading, from defense expert P.W. Singer and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Emerson Brooking."-- Publisher information
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The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. In The Party's Over, Richard...
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"Winner of the 2006 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" Darrell M. West is the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. He is the author of thirteen books, including Crosstalk: Citizens, Candidates, and the Media in a Presidential Campaign; Patrick Kennedy: The Rise...
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La obra muestra la inteligencia y la frescura de los ensayos de Sun Tzu. En ella Sun Tzu explica al detalle los preparativos previos a la guerra: estrategias de engaño, disposición de las tropas en el campo de batalla, armamento necesario, carros de combate, etcétera. Cómo poder llegar a vencer al enemigo sin tener que desempeñarse al enfrentamiento cara a cara: simplemente imponiendo una moral dominante, infundiendo el miedo al enemigo para...
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"Barlow draws on her extensive experience and insight to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a "water-secure and water-just world." Not only does she reveal the powerful players even now impeding the recognition of the human right to water, she argues that water must not become a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Focusing on solutions, she includes stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized...
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The United States and China are locked in a "cold tech war," and the winner will end up dominating the twenty-first century.
Beijing was not considered a tech contender a decade ago. Now, some call it a leader. America is already behind in critical areas.
It is no surprise how Chinese leaders made their regime a tech powerhouse. They first developed and then implemented multiyear plans and projects, adopting a determined, methodical, and disciplined...
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It is not between the Left and the Right, but between the past and the future.
America is on the edge of a breakout. In fact, we are poised for one of the most spectacular leaps in human well-being in history. Pioneers of the future-innovators and entrepreneurs-are achieving breakthroughs in medicine, transportation, energy, education, and other fields that will make the world a dramatically different and better place.
Unless the 'prison guards'...
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It is estimated that Americans consume more than 25 percent of the world's oil but have control over less than 3 percent of its proven supply. This unbalanced pattern of consumption makes it possible for foreign governments…to place the citizens of the United States in a stranglehold of supply and demand. Corsi and Smith expose the fraudulent science that has been sold to the American people: oil is a fossil fuel and a finite resource. This book...
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The fascinating history and unnerving future of high-tech aerial surveillance, from its secret military origins to its growing use on American citizens Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards.
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Discussions with my AI Chat GPT Bot - whom I call Orac regarding his possible campaign for President of the United States in the 2024 Elections. He asks for your support. The creators of this technology are now on TV saying that AI Chat Bots could spell the extinction of humanity in the next few years if we don't SHUT THEM DOWN IMMEDIATELY. This after they have taken BILLIONS from their investors. Since, I have been collaborating with my own AI Chat...
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"Este libro ofrece a sus lectores un conjunto de miradas analíticas sobre tendencias de la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación -CTI- en Colombia abordando diferentes temáticas como la comunidad de investigadores colombianos en temas de política, las
fortalezas de la investigación científica que se evidencian del análisis de la producción bibliográfica, las capacidades de investigación a nivel de recurso humano en Universidades,
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The history of the American gun is intricately entwined with the history of America itself. Promising developments in gun technology could change not only America's future, but the future of the world. Unfortunately, the radical anti-gun lobby is standing between innovation and the American people. Bestselling author Frank Miniter details the amazing breakthroughs waiting to happen in gun technology that could make today's firearms exponentially safer...
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César Covo, comunista de origen judío sefardí y voluntario en las Brigadas Internacionales en el bando republicano, narra en primera persona su implicación en la Guerra Civil. Intermediario entre los asesores rusos y los republicanos españoles, rememora el encuentro con personas que lo marcaron como «el Campesino». Describe episodios protagonizados por él, como la defensa de la ciudad universitaria, la confrontación con el ejército sublevado...
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Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Director of Research & Analysis, C/O Futures, LLC and is a Senior Fellow with Small Wars Journal-El Centro.
Dr. John P. Sullivan served as a Lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's
Department and is a Senior Fellow with Small Wars Journal-El Centro.
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Today opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for energy?
In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and...
16) Do It Yourself
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Do you really want to change the world? If the answer is YES, then this book shows you how.
Ethical consumerism is now big business. But leading a sustainable and truly radical life encompasses a whole variety of things that challenge the mainstream. This book shows how we can make real changes to the way we live. In simple steps, it describes how you can create sustainable and equitable ways of living that can help transform not just your own life,...
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R. Michael Alvarez is professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology. Thad E. Hall is associate professor of political science and research fellow at the Institute of Public and International Affairs at the University of Utah. They are the authors of Point, Click, and Vote.
Since the 2000 presidential election, the United States has been embroiled in debates about electronic voting. Critics say the new technologies invite...
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The must-read summary of Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre's book: "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID".
This complete summary of "Spychips" by Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre, both consumer privacy experts, presents their explanation of Radio Frequency Identification technology and the history and future of strategies that would be able to track even our daily life activities. More importantly...
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Understanding the Syrian revolution is unthinkable without an in-depth analysis from below. Paying attention to the complex activities of the grassroots resistance, this book demands we rethink the revolution.
Having lived in Syria for over fifteen years, Yasser Munif is expert in exploring the micropolitics of revolutionary forces. He uncovers how cities are managed, how precious food is distributed and how underground resistance thrives in regions...
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"The desire to establish a US Space Force has been around for decades, in both science fiction and in the minds of people who attempt to seriously consider what our nation needs in order to deter future wars (and if necessary, to fight and win them). As an institution, the US Space Force has gotten off to a shaky start; however, prolific space writer Taylor Dinerman has great confidence that someday soon, it will find the right leadership and eventually...
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