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Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

by Elaine Pagels

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Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts (Goodreads Author)

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It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump by Stuart Stevens

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Today the intellectual leaders of the Republican Party are the paranoids, kooks, know-nothings, and bigots who once could be heard only on late-night talk shows, the stations you listened to on long drives because it was hard to fall asleep ...more

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“so far the record is pretty clear that tech leaders have largely abrogated their responsibilities around the deleterious impact of their products, either in pursuit of more growth and profits or to duck any incoming flack. That was especially clear in the 2024 election, as companies such as Meta and X drastically cut back on their safety and moderation teams. A stark contrast from the 2016 election, when social media companies felt pressured to evaluate how their lack of moderation may have affected the results.”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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“I actually believe he’s staying out of the election, which is nice,” Trump told the podcast Bussin’ with the Boys. He added that he liked Zuckerberg “much better now.” Of course, Trump had earlier threatened Zuckerberg with prison.”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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“I continue to be disturbed by the implications of a small number of homogeneous men—and they remain mostly men—controlling the next stage of computing. I’ll repeat: People who never feel unsafe a day in their lives tend never to consider the safety of others.”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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“What is more troubling to me is that Musk’s behavior is emblematic of that of tech’s most heinous figures, who now feel emboldened to enter the analog world with the same lack of care and arrogance with which they built their sloppy platforms”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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“As inane as he looked, it was the best investment of time and money of Musk’s life, his net worth rising $200 billion by the end of 2024, with tens of billions after that and more to come in the future as a loud part of the administration as “efficiency czar,” who would remake the government in his image. That appointment was announced soon after Trump won, in yet another stunt-like manner, as the head of DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—with fellow look-at-me billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy. I quickly dubbed the effort the Department of Grandstanding Edgelords, which, given its undefined power, staff, and efficacy, sounded more like something out of an episode of The Apprentice.”
― Kara Swisher, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

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