Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
Steven Johnsonamazon.com
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
As the sixteenth century progressed, Britain gained mastery over naval design, building fast and maneuverable galleons that could threaten Spain’s warships. The decisive showdown came in 1588, when the Spanish monarch decided to invade Britain to put down the upstart nation. The effort failed disastrously, with Britain’s defeat of the Spanish armad
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari • 1 highlight
amazon.com
The structure of the corporation is a telling case in point—and it is no coincidence that the first major joint-stock corporations in the world were the English and Dutch East India companies, ones that pursued that very same combination of exploration, conquest, and extraction as did the conquistadors. It is a structure designed to eliminate all m
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