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In the class structure of Smart America, meritocrats occupy an important level. Above them sit the always-getting-richer very rich, whom they regard with loathing and envy, and at whom they direct a continuous barrage of critical fire. Most of the books and columns and gossip aimed at the 1 percent come from people just a few percentage points belo
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
In our largely segregated cities, geography is a highly effective proxy for race.
Cathy O'Neil • Weapons of Math Destruction
The soaring fortunes of those at the very top may ultimately represent a threat to democratic governance.
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Soaring Inequality
Martin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Though he might not get there himself, he could provide a way so other Black men and women might reach the top ranks of IBM.
Clyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
Advancements in technology have already displaced many low-skilled workers, and there’s more displacement to come.
Gerry Valentine • The Thriving Mindset: Tools for Empowerment in a Disruptive World
if there’s one thing I hope you take away from reading this book, it is that you will commit to keeping your critical antennae tuned in to the nightmarish fantasies of post-human proselytizers, among them many Silicon Valley elite and superintelligentsia, who believe the best thing they can do for humanity is “get filthy rich, for charity’s sake.”
... See moreRuha Benjamin • Imagination: A Manifesto (A Norton Short)
supercomputers; we’re working with the U.S. government on building…
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