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Reading List
Act I — Pangea
Act II — A Seismic Shock
Act III — Fracture
Act IV — Reconstruction
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Digital Empires, by Anu Bradford
July 14, 2026
Digital Empires, by Anu Bradford
July 14, 2026

A comparative account of the American, Chinese, and European approaches to governing the digital economy and shaping global technological rules.

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July 14, 2026
Chip War, by Chris Miller
July 14, 2026
Chip War, by Chris Miller
July 14, 2026

A history of semiconductors and the global supply chains, public investments, and technological chokepoints that made them central to geopolitical competition.

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July 14, 2026
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans, by Melanie Mitchell
July 14, 2026
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans, by Melanie Mitchell
July 14, 2026

An accessible introduction to artificial intelligence that explains what current systems can do, where they fail, and why intelligence remains difficult to define.

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July 14, 2026
Power and Progress, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
July 14, 2026
Power and Progress, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
July 14, 2026

A broad history of the relationship between technological change, institutional development, and the distribution of economic and political power.

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July 14, 2026

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