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The Generation Divide - Why We Can't Agree And Why We Should (Paperback): Bobby Duffy The Generation Divide - Why We Can't Agree And Why We Should (Paperback)
Bobby Duffy
R325 R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Save R65 (20%) In Stock

Are we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled 'snowflakes'? Are Baby Boomers stealing their children's futures? Are Generation X the saddest generation? Will Generation Z fix the climate crisis?

Revealing and informative, The Generation Divide provides a bold new framework for understanding the most divisive issues raging today: from culture wars to climate change and mental health to housing.

Including data from all over the globe, and with powerful implications for humanity's future, this big-thinking book will transform how you view the world.

Previously published as Generations.

Containing Big Tech - How To Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, And Democracy (Hardcover): Tom Kemp Containing Big Tech - How To Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, And Democracy (Hardcover)
Tom Kemp
R712 R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Save R109 (15%) In Stock

The path forward to rein in online surveillance, AI, and tech monopolies.

Technology is a gift and a curse. The five Big Tech companies―Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google―have built innovative products that improve many aspects of our lives. But their intrusiveness and our dependence on them have created pressing threats to our civil rights, economy, and democracy.

Coming from an extensive background building Silicon Valley-based tech startups, Tom Kemp eloquently and precisely weaves together the threats posed by Big Tech:

  • the overcollection and weaponization of our most sensitive data
  • the problematic ways Big Tech uses AI to process and act upon our data
  • the stifling of competition and entrepreneurship due to Big Tech's dominant market position

This richly detailed book exposes the consequences of Big Tech's digital surveillance, exploitative use of AI, and monopolistic and anticompetitive practices. It offers actionable solutions to these problems and a clear path forward for individuals and policymakers to advocate for change. By containing the excesses of Big Tech, we will ensure our civil rights are respected and preserved, our economy is competitive, and our democracy is protected.

Post Corona - From Crisis to Opportunity (Paperback): Scott Galloway Post Corona - From Crisis to Opportunity (Paperback)
Scott Galloway
R332 R49 Discovery Miles 490 Save R283 (85%) In Stock

The New York Times bestselling author delivers an insightful, urgent analysis of who stands to win and who's at risk to lose in a post-pandemic world.

The Covid-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, the mask-wearers and the mask-haters. Some businesses, like video conference software maker Zoom and Amazon, woke up to find themselves crushed under an avalanche of consumer demand. Others, like the restaurant, travel, hospitality and live entertainment industries, scrambled to not become instantly obsolete. But the pandemic has not been a change agent so much as an accelerant of trends that were already well underway.

In Post Corona, Galloway outlines the contours of both crisis and opportunity that lie ahead. While the powerful tech monopolies will thrive in the disruption other businesses, like commercial real estate, will struggle to maintain a value proposition that no longer makes sense when we can't stand shoulder to shoulder. Combining his signature humour and brash style with razor-sharp business insights, Galloway offers both warning and hope in equal measure.

Children's Rights in a Transitional Society (Paperback): C.J. Davel Children's Rights in a Transitional Society (Paperback)
C.J. Davel; Edited by C.J. Davel
R24 R10 Discovery Miles 100 Save R14 (58%) In Stock
Figuring (Paperback): Maria Popova Figuring (Paperback)
Maria Popova
R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 In Stock
I'm Staying - The Unspoken Impact Of The #ImStaying Movement (Paperback): Natasha M Freeman I'm Staying - The Unspoken Impact Of The #ImStaying Movement (Paperback)
Natasha M Freeman 2
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 In Stock

In September 2019, Cape Town–based entrepreneur Jarette Petzer posted a video on Facebook. It was an emotional recognition of the difficulties faced by South Africa, as well as a heartfelt plea to nurture everything he loves about this country. Friends suggested that Petzer start a Facebook page to continue the conversation, and #ImStaying was born.

Within weeks, 400 000 South Africans of every race, socio-economic and political background joined the page to tell their stories of everyday life – of beauty, of hardship and the magnificence of their fellow citizens – and to share stories across cultural barriers, which many had never crossed before. By the end of December 2019, the page had more than a million followers, and it continues to grow.

Adhering to the maxim ‘Good Thoughts. Good Words. Good Deeds.’, #ImStaying is about South Africans creating social cohesion through storytelling – reaching out to each other to inspire real change in the country they love and want to see succeed, and shaping a new future out of a painful past.

This book provides another platform for the diverse voices and stories of the #ImStaying movement, as well as giving an overview of how this uniquely South African group came about and why it’s so important.

Moet Ons Waai? - Om Te Emigreer Of Nie: 20 Meningsvormers Sê (Afrikaans, Paperback): Alet Law Moet Ons Waai? - Om Te Emigreer Of Nie: 20 Meningsvormers Sê (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Alet Law; Marita van der Vyver, Nathan Trantaal, Bouwer Bosch, Melanie Verwoerd, …
R330 R49 Discovery Miles 490 Save R281 (85%) In Stock

Die debat oor emigrasie is so oud soos Suid-Afrika se demokrasie self. Toe die “nuwe Suid-Afrika” in 1994 aangebreek het, het talle mense die land verlaat uit vrees vir wat ‘n meerderheidsbewind sou inhou. Nog meer het in die jare sedertdien getrek opsoek na ‘n beter lewe en Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskappe is nou in plekke soos Kanada, Engeland en Australië te vinde.

Vandag, 25 jaar ná demokrasie en in die lig van kwynende optimisme oor die toekoms van die land, is daar nuwe lewe in die debat oor emigrasie. Hierdie keer word dit nie net in reaksionêre kringe gevoer nie, maar om die eetkamertafels van meerdere Suid-Afrikaners.

Met die realiteit van nege vermorste jare wat aan ons beursies en toekomsmoontlikhede knaag, en die aanloklike geleenthede wat die globale ekonomie bied, vra al hoe meer mense, “Moet ek waai?”

In Moet ons waai? takel meer as 20 van Suid-Afrika se voorste meningsvormers, insluitend Piet Croucamp, Dana Snyman, Melanie Verwoerd en Jonathan Jansen, hierdie vraag. Dit is poging tot insig oor ‘n kwessie wat swaar weeg op ons kollektiewe psige, en ‘n uitdaging aan elke persoon wat dit oorweeg om te waai, reeds gegaan het of besluit het om te bly om te floreer as Suid-Afrikaners waar ook al hulle hulself mag bevind.

Sielsiek - Die Psige van Suid-Afrika se Koelbloedigste Misdadigers (Afrikaans, Paperback): Dr. Henk Swanepoel, Carla van der... Sielsiek - Die Psige van Suid-Afrika se Koelbloedigste Misdadigers (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Dr. Henk Swanepoel, Carla van der Spuy
R300 R108 Discovery Miles 1 080 Save R192 (64%) In Stock

Waarom "haak mense se koppe uit"?

Chris Mahlangu, wat vir Eugene Terre'Blanche vermoor het, het hom nie net doodgeslaan nie. Daar is berig dat Terre'Blanche se liggaam 28 keer met 'n ysterpyp, 'n afgebreekte stuk staaldiefwering, geslaan en gekap is. Dit terwyl hy op sy rug gele en slaap het. Dit was 'n bloedbad. Een jong man slaan 'n verpleegster met 'n stuk hout in die veld dood en haar kerel tot in die hospitaal se waakeenheid. 'n Ander slaan beide sy aanneemouers bewusteloos met 'n krieketkolf en dan steek hy hulle meer as 20 keer elk in die bors met 'n mes voor hy sy pa keelaf sny. 'n Manlike prostituut slaan sy vriend soveel keer met 'n knopkierie oor sy "onsedelike voorstelle" dat die sterf aan 'n skedelbreuk. Waarom sal 'n heteroseksuele man wat by prostitute slaap 'n seun by winkelsentrum oplaai en met hom lol?

Vyf gevallestudies oor Suid-Afrikaanse geweldsmisdadigers, vertel deur ervare ware misdaadskrywer Carla van der Spuy en kliniese sielkundige dr Henk Swanepoel. Die boek bevat inligting oor persoonlikheidsversteurings, elke misdadiger se agtergrond, die dag van die misdaad, die hofsaak, onderhoude en bevindings tydens die verhoor, tot die opvolgtronkbesoek - van aangesig tot aangesig met die oortreder.

Using Evidence In Policy And Practice - Lessons From Africa (Paperback): Ian Goldman, Mine Pabari Using Evidence In Policy And Practice - Lessons From Africa (Paperback)
Ian Goldman, Mine Pabari
R540 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R30 (6%) In Stock

This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens.

Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn't work and why. Case studies are drawn from five countries and the ECOWAS (west African) region, and a range of sectors from education, wildlife, sanitation, through to government procurement processes. The book is supported by a range of policy briefs and videos intended to be both practical and critically rigorous. It uses evidence sources such as evaluations, research synthesis and citizen engagement to show how these cases succeeded in informing policy and practice.

The voices of policy makers are key to the book, ensuring that the examples deployed are useful to practitioners and researchers alike. This innovative book will be perfect for policy makers, practitioners in government and civil society, and researchers and academics with an interest in how evidence can be used to support policy making in Africa.

A Man, A Fire, A Corpse (Paperback): Rofhiwa Maneta A Man, A Fire, A Corpse (Paperback)
Rofhiwa Maneta
R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 In Stock

A Man, A Fire, A Corpse tells the story of Captain Amos Maneta: a man who was most often referred to as ‘The Top Cop of Soweto’; as written by his son Rofhiwa Maneta.

The book is a collection of the physical and metaphysical bruises collected by the author’s father in his 30-plus years of working in the police service.

Through his father’s story, Rofhiwa Maneta examines the relationship between police and the public. Maneta’s mix of journalism, remembered history, anecdote and autobiography further discusses the relationship between South Africa and violence; while taking a look at what it takes to be an honest policeman in a department whose groundwater is corruption and maladministration.

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