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A Wall Street Journal Bestseller 'IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF GEOPOLITICS TODAY' FINANCIAL TIMES Three of
our most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human
society - and what it means for us all. An AI learned to win chess
by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI
discovered a new antibiotic by analysing molecular properties human
scientists did not understand. Now, AI-powered jets are defeating
experienced human pilots in simulated dogfights. AI is coming
online in searching, streaming, medicine, education, and many other
fields and, in so doing, transforming how humans are experiencing
reality. In The Age of AI, three leading thinkers have come
together to consider how AI will change our relationships with
knowledge, politics, and the societies in which we live. The Age of
AI is an essential roadmap to our present and our future, an era
unlike any that has come before.
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I Melt With You (DVD)
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Drama following the week of excess and tragedy that marks the
reunion of four middle-aged college friends. Richard (Thomas Jane),
Ron (Jeremy Piven), Jonathan (Rob Lowe) and Tim (Christian McKay)
first met in college and have since holidayed together almost every
year. Each of the men has problems. Richard is an author and
English teacher but feels he has underachieved by only having one
book published; Ron has made a great deal of money as a stockbroker
but is under investigation for embezzlement; Jonathan runs a
successful medical practice but has family problems; while Tim
blames himself for a recent fatal car crash. As the men consume
drugs, attempt to seduce women and party hard, their thoughts
gradually return to a pact they made together when they were
younger - a pact that, if honoured, will have deadly
consequences...
The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and
twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular
religion In The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt
tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in
nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity
centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the
culture wars of the late twentieth century. After Paine’s remains
were stolen from his grave in New Rochelle, New York, and shipped
to England in 1819, the reverence of his American disciples took a
material turn in a long search for his relics. Paine’s birthday
was always a red-letter day for these believers in democratic
cosmopolitanism and philanthropic benevolence, but they expanded
their program to include a broader array of rites and ceremonies,
particularly funerals free of Christian supervision. They also
worked to establish their own churches and congregations in which
to practice their religion of secularism. All of these activities
raised serious questions about the very definition of religion and
whether it included nontheistic fellowships and humanistic
associations—a dispute that erupted again in the second half of
the twentieth century. As right-wing Christians came to see secular
humanism as the most dangerous religion imaginable, small
communities of religious humanists, the heirs of Paine’s
followers, were swept up in new battles about religion’s public
contours and secularism’s moral perils. An engrossing account of
an important but little-known chapter in American history, The
Church of Saint Thomas Paine reveals why the lines between religion
and secularism are often much blurrier than we imagine.
The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and
twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular
religion In The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt
tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in
nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity
centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and
how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture
wars of the late twentieth century. After Paine's remains were
stolen from his grave in New Rochelle, New York, and shipped to
England in 1819, the reverence of his American disciples took a
material turn in a long search for his relics. Paine's birthday was
always a red-letter day for these believers in democratic
cosmopolitanism and philanthropic benevolence, but they expanded
their program to include a broader array of rites and ceremonies,
particularly funerals free of Christian supervision. They also
worked to establish their own churches and congregations in which
to practice their religion of secularism. All of these activities
raised serious questions about the very definition of religion and
whether it included nontheistic fellowships and humanistic
associations-a dispute that erupted again in the second half of the
twentieth century. As right-wing Christians came to see secular
humanism as the most dangerous religion imaginable, small
communities of religious humanists, the heirs of Paine's followers,
were swept up in new battles about religion's public contours and
secularism's moral perils. An engrossing account of an important
but little-known chapter in American history, The Church of Saint
Thomas Paine reveals why the lines between religion and secularism
are often much blurrier than we imagine.
Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning,
adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared
leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the
world's top tech CEOs-Google's Eric Schmidt, Amazon's Jeff Bezos,
and Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer. Whether you're stuck in your current
job, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a
steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting
to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this
book is for you. For the first time, Ann Hiatt shares both the
daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working
side-by-side for decades with the giants of technology at Amazon
and Google. Through clear guidance and incredible stories, Bet on
Yourself will teach you: How to define your abilities and speak up
so that you can be recognized for the work that you do and the
unique capabilities you bring to the table. How to create
opportunities for yourself when options appear limited and build a
purposeful career regardless of your seniority or industry. What it
takes to build the confidence you need to build your dream career.
How to exchange your frustration over not getting the recognition
you deserve for an empowered, actionable plan for taking control of
your professional identity and get promoted. These tried-and-true
methods to take ordinary opportunities and create something
extraordinary, and the leadership principles that guide the work of
these celebrity CEOs, are directly applicable to your goals. With a
few consistent, daily habits you can build a future that exceeds
your wildest expectations. No matter the opportunities available to
you in your particular community or career stage, there is a path
for you.
Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.
Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth - even in those at the pinnacle of their careers - inspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.
Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach's principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.
Slogans such as "Let's put Christ back into Christmas" or "Jesus
is the Reason for the Season" hold an appeal to Christians who
oppose the commercializing of events they hold sacred. However,
through a close look at the rise of holidays in the United States,
Leigh Schmidt show us that commercial appropriations of these
occasions were as religious in form as they were secular. The
rituals of America's holiday bazaar that emerged in the nineteenth
century offered a luxuriant merger of the holy and the profane--a
heady blend of fashion and faith, merchandising and gift-giving,
profits and sentiments, all celebrations of a devout consumption.
In this richly illustrated book, which captures both the blessings
and ballyhoo of American holiday observances for the mid-eighteenth
century through the twentieth, the author offers a reassessment of
the "consumer rites" that various social critics have long decried
for their spiritual emptiness and banal sentimentality.
Schmidt tells the story of how holiday celebrations were almost
banished by Puritans and other religious reformers in the colonies
but went on to be romanticized and reinvented in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Merchants and advertisers were crucial for the
reimagining of the holidays, promoting them in a grand,
carnivalesque manner, which could include gargantuan fruit cakes,
masked Santa Clauses, and exploding valentines.
Along the way Schmidt uses everything from diaries to manuals on
church decoration and window display to show in bright detail the
ways in which people have prepared for and celebrated specific
holidays--such as going Christmas shopping, making love tokens,
choosing Easter bonnets, sending flowers to Mom, buying ties for
Dad. He demonstrates in particular how women took the lead as
holiday consumers, shaping warm-hearted celebrations of home and
family through their intricate engagement with the marketplace.
Bringing together the history of business, religion, and gender,
this book offers a fascinating cultural history of an endlessly
debated marvel--the commercialization of the American holidays.
A compelling history of atheism in American public life A
much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have
been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from
holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a
nation chosen by God. Yet village atheists-as these godless
freethinkers came to be known by the close of the nineteenth
century-were also hailed for their gutsy dissent from stultifying
pieties and for posing a necessary secularist challenge to the
entanglements of church and state. In Village Atheists, Leigh Eric
Schmidt explores the complex cultural terrain that unbelievers have
long had to navigate in their fight to secure equal rights and
liberties in American public life. He rebuilds the history of
American secularism from the ground up, giving flesh and blood to
these outspoken infidels. Village Atheists demonstrates that the
secularist vision for the United States proved to be anything but
triumphant in a country where faith and citizenship were-and still
are-closely interwoven.
A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have
been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from
holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a
nation chosen by God. Yet, village atheists--as these godless
freethinkers came to be known by the close of the nineteenth
century--were also hailed for their gutsy dissent from stultifying
pieties and for posing a necessary secularist challenge to
majoritarian entanglements of church and state. Village Atheists
explores the complex cultural terrain that unbelievers have long
had to navigate in their fight to secure equal rights and liberties
in American public life. Leigh Eric Schmidt rebuilds the history of
American secularism from the ground up, giving flesh and blood to
these outspoken infidels, including itinerant lecturer Samuel
Porter Putnam; rough-edged cartoonist Watson Heston; convicted
blasphemer Charles B. Reynolds; and atheist sex reformer Elmina D.
Slenker. He describes their everyday confrontations with devout
neighbors and evangelical ministers, their strained efforts at
civility alongside their urge to ridicule and offend their
Christian compatriots. Schmidt examines the multilayered world of
social exclusion, legal jeopardy, yet also civic acceptance in
which American atheists and secularists lived. He shows how it was
only in the middle decades of the twentieth century that
nonbelievers attained a measure of legal vindication, yet even then
they often found themselves marginalized on the edges of a
God-trusting, Bible-believing nation. Village Atheists reveals how
the secularist vision for the United States proved to be anything
but triumphant and age-defining for a country where faith and
citizenship were--and still are--routinely interwoven.
Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning,
adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared
leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the
world's top tech CEOs-Google's Eric Schmidt, Amazon's Jeff Bezos,
and Yahoo!s Marissa Mayer. Whether you're stuck in your current
job, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a
steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting
to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this
book is for you. For the first time, Ann Hiatt shares both the
daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working
side-by-side for decades with the giants of technology at Amazon,
Google, and Yahoo. Through clear guidance and incredible stories,
Bet on Yourself will teach you: How to define your abilities and
speak up so that you can be recognized for the work that you do and
the unique capabilities you bring to the table. How to create
opportunities for yourself when options appear limited and build a
purposeful career regardless of your seniority or industry. What it
takes to build the confidence you need to build your dream career.
How to exchange your frustration over not getting the recognition
or promotions you deserve for an empowered, actionable plan for
taking control of your professional identity and get promoted.
These tried-and-true methods to take ordinary opportunities and
create something extraordinary, and the leadership principles that
guide the work of these celebrity CEOs, are directly applicable to
your goals. With a few consistent, daily habits you can build a
future that exceeds your wildest expectations. No matter the
opportunities available to you in your particular community or
career stage, there is a path for you.
Entrepreneurs drive the future, and the last several decades have
been a thrilling ride of astounding, far-reaching innovation.
Behind this transformative progress are the venture capitalists,
who are at once the investors, coaches, and allies of the
entrepreneurs. William H. Draper III knows this story firsthand
because as a venture capitalist he helped write it. For more than
40 years, Bill Draper has worked with top entrepreneurs in fabled
Silicon Valley, where today's vision is made into tomorrow's
reality. The Startup Game is the first up-close look at how the
relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is
critical to enhancing the success of any economy. From a venture
capitalist who saw the potential of Skype, Hotmail, OpenTable, and
many other companies comes firsthand stories of success. In these
pages, Draper explores how to evaluate innovative ideas and the
entrepreneurs behind those ideas, and he shares lessons from Yahoo,
Zappos, Baidu, Tesla Motors, Activision, Measurex, and more. Also,
in revealing his on-the-ground account of how Deng Xiaoping brought
China roaring into the modern world and how Manmohan Singh unlocked
the creative genius of Indian entrepreneurs, Draper stresses the
essential value of farsighted political leadership in creating
opportunity. Lastly, the author discusses his efforts to bring the
best practices of the venture capitalist/entrepreneur partnership
to the social sector. Written in an engaging narrative and
incorporating many of the author's personal experiences, this book
provides a much-needed look at how the world of venture capital and
entrepreneurship works.
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How Google Works (Paperback)
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg
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Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned
Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade
they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that
'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'. As they
helped grow Google from a young start-up to a global icon, they
relearned everything they knew about management. How Google Works
is the sum of those experiences distilled into a fun, easy-to-read
primer on corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making,
communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption.The authors
explain how the confluence of three seismic changes - the internet,
mobile, and cloud computing - has shifted the balance of power from
companies to consumers. The companies that will thrive in this
ever-changing landscape will be the ones that create superior
products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom the
authors dub 'smart creatives'. The management maxims ('Consensus
requires dissension', 'Exile knaves but fight for divas', 'Think
10X, not 10%') are illustrated with previously unreported anecdotes
from Google's corporate history.' Back in 2010, Eric and I created
an internal class for Google managers,' says Rosenberg. 'The class
slides all read 'Google confidential' until an employee suggested
we uphold the spirit of openness and share them with the world.
This book codifies the recipe for our secret sauce: how Google
innovates and how it empowers employees to succeed.'
Winner of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the
American Society of Church History, Holy Fairs traces the roots of
American camp-meeting revivalism to the communion festivals of
early modern Scotland. This new paperback edition of Leigh Eric
Schmidt's seminal work features updated material, a dozen
illustrations, and a new preface by the author.
'This is the most important - and fascinating - book yet written
about how the digital age will affect our world' Walter Isaacson,
author of Steve Jobs From two leading thinkers, the widely
anticipated book that describes a new, hugely connected world of
the future, full of challenges and benefits which are ours to meet
and harness. The New Digital Age is the product of an unparalleled
collaboration: full of the brilliant insights of one of Silicon
Valley's great innovators - what Bill Gates was to Microsoft and
Steve Jobs was to Apple, Schmidt (along with Larry Page and Sergey
Brin) was to Google - and the Director of Google Ideas, Jared
Cohen, formerly an advisor to both Secretaries of State Condoleezza
Rice and Hillary Clinton. Never before has the future been so
vividly and transparently imagined. From technologies that will
change lives (information systems that greatly increase
productivity, safety and our quality of life, thought-controlled
motion technology that can revolutionise medical procedures, and
near-perfect translation technology that allows us to have more
diversified interactions) to our most important future
considerations (curating our online identity and fighting those who
would do harm with it) to the widespread political change that will
transform the globe (through transformations in conflict,
increasingly active and global citizenries, a new wave of
cyber-terrorism and states operating simultaneously in the physical
and virtual realms) to the ever present threats to our privacy and
security, Schmidt and Cohen outline in great detail and scope all
the promise and peril awaiting us in the coming decades. A
breakthrough book - pragmatic, inspirational and totally
fascinating. Whether a government, a business or an individual, we
must understand technology if we want to understand the future. 'A
brilliant guidebook for the next century . . . Schmidt and Cohen
offer a dazzling glimpse into how the new digital revolution is
changing our lives' Richard Branson
Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature
mysticism - all are part of an ongoing religious experimentation
that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. Tracing out
the country's Transcendentalist and cosmopolitan religious impulses
over the last two centuries, "Restless Souls" explores America's
abiding romance with spirituality as religion's better half. Now in
its second edition, including a new preface, Leigh Eric Schmidt's
fascinating book provides a rich account of how this open-road
spirituality developed in American culture in the first place as
well as a sweeping survey of the liberal religious movements that
touted it and ensured its continued vitality.
In the next decade, five billion new people will come online,
posing for our world a host of new opportunities--and dangers.
Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen traveled to thirty-five
countries, including some of the world's most volatile regions
andmet with politicalleaders, entrepreneurs, and activists to learn
firsthand about the challenges they face. Packed with fascinating
ideas, informed predictions, and prescient warnings, The New
Digital Age tackles some of the toughest questions about our
future: how will technology change the way we approach issues like
privacy and security, war and intervention, diplomacy, revolution
and terrorism. And how can we best use new technologies to improve
our lives? More than a book about gadgets and data, this is a
prescriptive glimpse of how technology is reshaping our world and
the lives of the people who live in it.
With a new afterword.
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