Alexander C. Karp

Occidente ha perdido el rumbo. El pensamiento frágil, la renuncia al liderazgo global y la pérdida de ambición tecnológica son un peligro existencial. Una llamada urgente al despertar, firmada por el

Occidente ha perdido el rumbo. El pensamiento frágil, la renuncia al liderazgo global y la pérdida de ambición tecnológica son un peligro existencial. Una llamada urgente al despertar, firmada por el cofundador y CEO de Palantir elegido por Time entre las cien personas mas influyentes del mundo y su principal colaborador.No menos ambicioso que un nuevo tratado de teoria politica. The Wall Street JournalUna obra de lectura obligada para todos los que quieran entender el siglo xxI. General James N. Mattis, exsecretario de Defensa de EE.UU.Un analisis brillante y provocador de como las tecnologias estan remodelando nuestras instituciones y valores. Walter Isaacson, autor de Steve Jobs y El codigo de la vidaAudaz y ambicioso. Un libro esencial en la era de la IA, cuando el rumbo de Silicon Valley contribuira a definir el futuro del liderazgo estadounidense en el mundo. Eric Schmidt, exCEO de Google y presidente del Special Competitive Studies ProjectLa republica tecnologica ofrece una mirada fascinante aunque por momentos inquietante sobre el resurgir del poder duro estadounidense. Financial Times, Best Books of the Week¿Que ocurre cuando los mejores ingenieros dejan de trabajar por el bien comun? En La republica tecnologica, Alexander C. Karp, fundador de Palantir, lanza una critica feroz a la complacencia de Silicon Valley y al repliegue del Estado en la carrera por la innovacion. La alianza que una vez impulso internet o la exploracion espacial se ha roto, y Occidente pierde ventaja frente a la nueva geopolitica de la inteligencia artificial.Combinando rigor, valentia y claridad, Karp y Zamiska defienden que la tecnologia debe volver a estar al servicio del interes publico. Frente a una industria centrada en el consumo, este libro reclama una cultura del deber, del riesgo y del proposito compartido. Un manifiesto provocador y necesario para quienes aun creen que el futuro se puede programar.#1 new york times best seller

Silicon Valley has lost its way From the founding of the American republic through much of the twentieth century our most brilliant engineering minds and the democratic state collaborated to advance world changing technologies The partnership ensured the West s dominant place in the geopolitical order But that relationship has now eroded with perilous repercussions The modern incarnation of Silicon Valley turned its focus to the consumer market including the construction of elaborate online advertising and social media platforms The market rewarded shallow engagement with the potential of technology as startup after startup catered to the whims of capitalist culture with little interest in constructing the technology that would address our most significant challenges A generation of extraordinarily talented engineers insulated from the geopolitical threats of the moment built photo sharing apps and marketing algorithms at the expense of projects with the potential to serve a more pressing collective or national purpose In this groundbreaking and provocative treatise Alexander C Karp co founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies and Nicholas W Zamiska head of corporate affairs at the company offer a searing critique of our collectiv

From the Palantir co founder and The Economist s best CEO of 2024 and his deputy a sweeping indictment of the West s culture of complacency ONE OF FINANCIAL TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR Our most brilliant engineering minds once collaborated with government to advance world changing technologies Their efforts secured the West s dominant place in the geopolitical order But that relationship has now eroded with perilous repercussions In this groundbreaking treatise one of tech s boldest thinkers and his longtime deputy offer a searing critique of our collective abandonment of ambition Palantir co founder and CEO Alexander C Karp and Nicholas W Zamiska argue that in order for the West to retain its global edge and preserve the freedoms we take for granted the software industry must renew its commitment to addressing our most urgent challenges including the new arms race of artificial intelligence Government in turn must embrace the most effective features of the engineering mindset that have propelled Silicon Valley s success Above all leaders must reject intellectual fragility and preserve space for ideological confrontation A willingness to risk the disapproval of the crowd Karp and Zamiska contend has everything to do with technologica