Nel cuore della Silicon Valley nasce una delle aziende più controverse del nostro tempo: Palantir. Fondata dopo l’11 settembre per combattere il terrorismo, la società diventa il fulcro di una rivoluzione tecnologica che intreccia sicurezza nazionale, diritti civili e geopolitica globale. Alex Karp, filosofo fuori dagli schemi e CEO di Palantir, guida la missione di difendere l’Occidente in un’epoca di Big Data e sorveglianza digitale.Michael Steinberger racconta dall’interno la st...

Alex Karp - der Mann, der alles über uns weißDas Softwareunternehmen Palantir vertreibt eine der weltweit leistungsstärksten Technologien zum Sammeln von großen Datenmengen. Damit handelt Palantir mit Informationen, die westliche Demokratien schützen sollen, aber auch ihren Zusammenbruch herbeiführen könnten. An der Spitze des Unternehmens steht der unkonventionelle CEO und Mitbegründer Alex Karp, der in Sozialtheorie promovierte und überraschende politische und ph...

Un documentado retrato del enigmático personaje que lidera Palantir, una de las compañías tecnológicas más inquietantes y poderosas de la era de la vigilancia digitalFundada en 2003 para ayudar al gobierno de Estados Unidos en la guerra contra el terrorismo, Palantir se ha convertido desde entonces en un coloso global valorado en 400 000 millones de dólares, que ofrece su software a importantes servicios de inteligencia, entre los que se encuentran el Mossad, la CI...

‘An excellent look at what Palantir does, as well as a fascinating insight into the mind of its eccentric chief executive’ TelegraphPalantir Technologies is the most interesting company in the world – and the most controversial.Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and quickly identifies patterns, trends and connections that might elude the human eye. Found...

Au Revoir to All That takes us on an entertaining and intriguing journey into France's identity, directly through the tastebuds...Offering a fresh and entertaining approach to understanding French history, through its food and wine, Steinberger reveals a radically changing France; a country moving through social and political reform, economic crises and, importantly, the loss of their seemingly unbreakable dominance in all things gastronomical. If the state of France's cel...

An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century.Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and quickly identifies patterns, trends, and connections that migh...

“Entertaining and edifying. . . . [Steinberger] deftly shows how any and all of us can be savvier about wine.”—Bill Ward, Minneapolis Star TribuneToday’s dynamic wine culture calls for a different kind of wine book. The Wine Savant is just that: punchy, polemical, and brimming with insights to educate and entertain beginning wine drinkers and seasoned oenophiles alike.Never has the wine world had so much to offer, and never have smart decisions abo...

Alex Karp - der Mann, der alles über uns weiß Das Softwareunternehmen Palantir vertreibt eine der weltweit leistungsstärksten Technologien zum Sammeln von großen Datenmengen. Damit handelt Palantir mit Informationen, die westliche Demokratien schützen sollen, aber auch ihren Zusammenbruch herbeiführen könnten. An der Spitze des Unternehmens steht der unkonventionelle CEO und Mitbegründer Alex Karp, der in Sozialtheorie promovierte und überraschende politische und philosophische Ansichten v...

Palantir，AI狂潮與軍事風險中最亮眼的新星Alex Karp，重塑科技與權力邊界的關鍵人物下一家最值得關注的關鍵企業！全球市值超過4000億美元的科技巨頭無可匹敵的監控與數據分析能力AI驅動 × 長期國防合約，成長預期極高應用橫跨軍事、金融、醫療、能源、製造、物流核心技術正重塑全球權力結構　　Palantir，堪稱本世紀最強大的數據分析與AI應用公司，不只改寫技術革新，也將重塑世界秩序，從傳聞中擊斃賓拉登的幕後推手，到阿富汗撤離行動中挽救125,000性命，它徹底證明──軟體足以左右人類生死。Palantir的影響力包括：　　•防疫與救援：在新冠肺炎疫情期間，協助美、英兩國追蹤病毒並配送疫苗；強化了世界糧食計畫署（WFP）的供應鏈，間接協助其榮獲諾貝爾和平獎。•產業創新：讓空中巴士縮短了A350飛機的生產瓶頸，並協助英國石油（BP）管理複雜的油井數據。•重塑戰爭：在烏克蘭戰爭中，提供AI平台即時分析影...

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now Steinberg follows these two greatly admired volumes with Choral Masterworks: A Listener's Guide, the only such guide available to this most popular of musical forms. Here are more than fifty illuminating essays on the classic choral masterworks, ran...

Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume The Symphony: A Reader's Guide received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as "wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels" (Washington Post), "informed and thoughtful" (Chicago Tribune), and "composed by a master stylist" (San Francisco Chronicle). Seiji Ozawa wrote that "his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart." Michael Tilson Thomas called The Symphony "an es...

This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma.This book is unique in its focus on bodily experience as an independent source of knowledge and insight, an important aspect of recent discoveries in neurology and psychology. By rethi...