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. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/no-substitute-victory-pottinger-gallagher?utm_medium=promo_email&utm_source=fa_editl&utm_campaign=pre_release_no_substitute_victory_prospects&utm_content=20240410&utm_term=promo-email-prospects No Substitute for Victory - America’s Competition With Chin...

. I propose that we read “The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World” by Stuart Eizenstat (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 5/28/2024 – 520 pages but probably many fewer sans notes & index – Hardcover $35.00 + shipping or $24.99 Kindle from Amazo...

. The following outline is respectfully suggested – ********************** A. Comments About Specific Chapters of “Blood Money” by Peter Schweizer – 60 minutes Our tradition is to devote the first portion of each monthly meeting to going through the focus book, chapter by chapter, to invite importan...

. *************** OVERALL QUESTIONS Question 1 Do you find you get more out of a book if before you start, you think about what it will probably say based on the book’s title, its chapter headings, etc., etc.? Answer 1 What do you think??? Let’s discuss!!! Question 2 Is that usually the case with ou...

. *************** OVERALL QUESTIONS 1. Do you find you get more out of a book if before you start, you think about what it will probably say based on the book’s title, its chapter headings, etc., etc.? 2. Is that usually the case with our Quizzes (which are intended to stimulate interest and thought...

. Materials for past meetings can be accessed by scrolling down because after the first 8 sections of this website which are numbered, there is in reverse chronological order a cluster of 4-5 sections for each meeting. Past meetings focusing on China -- With Peter Schweizer – 5/18/2022 - “Red-Handed...

. Meeting Reports have been provided less than 10% of the time – usually only when we are inundated with requests for information about what happened. HOWEVER, this Meeting Report is provided because there were FIVE public-policy issues raised in “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson and it is important to...

Originally Proposed by johnkarls » Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:43 pm – 239 views in Sec. 3 (Possible Topics for Future Meetings) before being transplanted here. I propose that we read “Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans“ by Peter Schweizer (Harper 2/27/2024 - 198 page...

. The following outline is respectfully suggested – ********************** A. Comments About Specific Chapters of “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson – 60 minutes Our tradition is to devote the first portion of each monthly meeting to going through the focus book, chapter by chapter, to invite important ...

. In the normal rush to concoct the monthly Short Quiz (featured in our weekly e-mail of March 2) and the Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz (featured in our weekly e-mail of March 9), there was an inexcusable omission from the Suggested Answers. Sec. A of the Suggested Answers posited that “Elon M...

. *************** Section A -- General Question 1 Did the “Original Proposal” of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson posit that it "should frame nicely such public-policy issues as electric vehicles and artificial intelligence”? Answer 1 Yes. Question 2 Did Yours Truly “get more than he bargained for” by p...

. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/perilous-coming-age-ai-warfare?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=fatoday&utm_campaign=The%20Perilous%20Coming%20Age%20of%20AI%20Warfare&utm_content=20240229&utm_term=FA%20Today%20-%20112017 The Perilous Coming Age of AI Warfare How to Limit the Threat of Auto...

. *************** Section A -- General 1. Did the “Original Proposal” of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson posit that it "should frame nicely such public-policy issues as electric vehicles and artificial intelligence”? 2. Did Yours Truly “get more than he bargained for” by proposing a biography containin...

. This year’s Davos WEF last month focused on four main areas, one of which was Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a driving force for the economy and society. There follow the portion of the notes of an HLS Classmate who attended the WEF, dealing with AI. **********************************************...

. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/books/review/elon-musk-walter-isaacson.html Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People. Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match. Review By Jennifer Sz...