The New Fire

The New Fire
Author: Ben Buchanan
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262368587

AI is revolutionizing the world. Here’s how democracies can come out on top. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the modern world. It is ubiquitous—in our homes and offices, in the present and most certainly in the future. Today, we encounter AI as our distant ancestors once encountered fire. If we manage AI well, it will become a force for good, lighting the way to many transformative inventions. If we deploy it thoughtlessly, it will advance beyond our control. If we wield it for destruction, it will fan the flames of a new kind of war, one that holds democracy in the balance. As AI policy experts Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie show in The New Fire, few choices are more urgent—or more fascinating—than how we harness this technology and for what purpose. The new fire has three sparks: data, algorithms, and computing power. These components fuel viral disinformation campaigns, new hacking tools, and military weapons that once seemed like science fiction. To autocrats, AI offers the prospect of centralized control at home and asymmetric advantages in combat. It is easy to assume that democracies, bound by ethical constraints and disjointed in their approach, will be unable to keep up. But such a dystopia is hardly preordained. Combining an incisive understanding of technology with shrewd geopolitical analysis, Buchanan and Imbrie show how AI can work for democracy. With the right approach, technology need not favor tyranny.

EU Good Governance Promotion in the Age of Democratic Decline

EU Good Governance Promotion in the Age of Democratic Decline
Author: Digdem Soyaltin-Colella
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2022-09-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3031057813

The European Union (EU) support for good governance reforms has been the cornerstone of its conditionality and funding policies and contributed its role as a transformative power. This book re-evaluates the EU’s governance promotion capacity both within the EU and beyond its borders in light of the simultaneous decline in democracy in Europe in particular, and across the whole world in general. The book is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the EU’s good governance transfer to member and accession countries. Part II examines how and to what extent the EU’s governance promotion strategies travel beyond its borders and focuses on neighbours, partners, and aid recipient countries especially in Africa. Part III turns to other regional and global actors and discusses the implications of illiberal contesters such as China and Russia on the future of EU’s good governance promotion efforts. The findings of the book bring fresh insights for the scope and depth of the EU’s governance transfer capacity.

Hybrid Work Revolution

Hybrid Work Revolution
Author: Tan Weixi
Publisher: Tan Weixi
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2024-03-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811731683

In the wake of the global shift toward hybrid work arrangements, businesses and organisations are facing unprecedented challenges. Hybrid Work Revolution offers a comprehensive exploration of the changing landscape of work in the 21st century, focusing on the experiences of teams and the critical insights leaders may be overlooking. The book is organised into three easily-digestible big bites. The first delves into the challenges of communicating with team members who are spread out across multiple locations, or worse still, in different time zones and countries. This section offers a perspective on how we can reimagine the workplace, leverage technology effectively, and enhance collaboration among our team members. The second investigates the paradox for leaders to invest time to build close relationships, while giving team members enough personal space. The chapters here deliberate how leaders can establish trust, build psychological safety, and explore the factors that accelerates relationships in a hybrid work environment. The last section takes a fresh look at the tracking of performance in a hybrid workplace, and explores some paradigms that will encourage a learning culture and drive employee engagement.

You're the Biggest

You're the Biggest
Author: Lucy Tapper
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-02-20
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN: 9781907860041

You're The Biggest is a delightful book for a new sibling celebrating their role as the biggest following the arrival of a new baby.The story follows two charming foxes, on a colourful journey, discovering the unique role of an older sibling. Beautifully illustrated in full colour this book is hard backed with cheerful end papers.With space for you to write a personal message in the front this book is a wonderful keepsake and makes the perfect gift for a child on the arrival of their new brother or sister.Our Welcome To The World book complements this title and makes the perfect gift for the new baby.Ethically produced from sustainable sources.Made with love, from you to me.

Globalizing China – Social and Governance Reforms

Globalizing China – Social and Governance Reforms
Author: Ka Ho Mok
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2022-12-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000822915

Unlike most books which consider China’s transformation and globalization over the last four decades by focusing on China’s economic growth, this book examines how the Chinese regime has handled the increasingly complex sociopolitical and socio-economic challenges generated as a result of the country’s economic growth and transformation, challenges arising both from within the country and also from the external political environment. Based on extensive original research, the book outlines how China’s economic development has generated social and governance pressures, discusses the government’s social, educational, and governance reforms, and highlights how China’s development experiences, which differ from the Western economies with democratic political regimes, have drawn increasing attention from other countries in the developing world as an example to follow.

Coordinated Education Development Policy in China

Coordinated Education Development Policy in China
Author: Eryong Xue
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2022-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811979316

This book examines educational resource allocation in Beijing, the allocation of educational resources in student resource optimization analysis in Tianjin, educational resource allocation in Hebei Province, and the optimal allocation of vocational education resources in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. It also offers a holistic landscape of exploring coordinated education development historically. This book has interdisciplinary appeal and is of interest to all studying and researching Chinese educational policy.

Mobile Storytelling in an Age of Smartphones

Mobile Storytelling in an Age of Smartphones
Author: Max Schleser
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030872475

This book explores contemporary approaches to mobile storytelling, with contributions covering mobile education, news and screen storytelling, creative practice research, and the impact on vulnerable communities and social innovation. With 18 original chapters, Schleser and Xu bring together international media and communication scholars, digital storytellers, filmmakers, musicians, and educators to discuss the significant contributions made by mobile storytelling within academia, culture and society, resulting in a vibrant and interdisciplinary collection that will be a valuable resource to researchers across the arts, humanities and social sciences. This edited collection is a result of the collaboration between Mobile Studies International (MSI) and the Mobile Innovation Network & Association (MINA) at the International Mobile Storytelling Congress (IMSC) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

Fixing American Cybersecurity

Fixing American Cybersecurity
Author: Larry Clinton
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2023-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1647121515

Advocates a cybersecurity “social contract” between government and business in seven key economic sectors Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the United States are extensive, affecting everything from national security and democratic elections to critical infrastructure and economy. In the past decade, the number of cyberattacks against American targets has increased exponentially, and their impact has been more costly than ever before. A successful cyber-defense can only be mounted with the cooperation of both the government and the private sector, and only when individual corporate leaders integrate cybersecurity strategy throughout their organizations. A collaborative effort of the Board of Directors of the Internet Security Alliance, Fixing American Cybersecurity is divided into two parts. Part One analyzes why the US approach to cybersecurity has been inadequate and ineffective for decades and shows how it must be transformed to counter the heightened systemic risks that the nation faces today. Part Two explains in detail the cybersecurity strategies that should be pursued by each major sector of the American economy: health, defense, financial services, utilities and energy, retail, telecommunications, and information technology. Fixing American Cybersecurity will benefit industry leaders, policymakers, and business students. This book is essential reading to prepare for the future of American cybersecurity.

Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria

Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria
Author: Christopher Isike
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811981108

This book is about Big Brother Naija (BBN), which is a Nigerian version of the Big Brother franchise featured in more than 50 countries of the world with its major concept drawn from George Orwell ’s novel, Nineteen Eigther-Four . It is organised and starred by Nigerians but viewed in many parts of the world. The book critically engages this relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria which apparently lacks scholarly attention. It proffers insights into the show’s significance and implications for the nation with relation to mental health, morality, cultural di