The Technological Republic : Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

From the Palantir co-founder, one of tech’s boldest thinkers and The Economist ’s “best CEO of 2024,” and his deputy, a sweeping 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. “Fascinating and important.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk ONE OF FINANCIAL TIMES ’ MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR Silicon Valley has lost its way. Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world-changing technologies. Their efforts secured the West’s dominant place in the geopolitical order. But that relationship has now eroded, with perilous repercussions. Today, the market [...]rewards shallow...