Maria Popova is a writer, entrepreneur, and cultural critic known for her work as the founder and editor of the popular website Brain Pickings. Brain Pickings is an eclectic website that features interesting and thought-provoking articles, essays, and books on a wide range of topics, including literature, philosophy, science, and art. Popova began Brain Pickings as a personal project in 2006, and it quickly gained a large following. Today, the site receives millions of visitors each month and has been praised for its unique perspective and curatorial approach.
Popova has also written for a number of publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Wired. In addition, she has been a speaker at various conferences and events, discussing topics such as creativity, productivity, and the intersection of technology and culture. Popova has also been honored with several awards for her work, including the Webby Award for Best Cultural Blog and the National Endowment for the Arts NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Creative Writing.
In addition to her work on Brain Pickings, Popova is also the author of "Figuring" which is a book that explores the lives and works of some of the most fascinating and accomplished figures of the last four centuries, from Jane Austen and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Marie Curie and Martin Luther King Jr.
Popova continues to write, curate, and publish her works on her website and in various publications, making her an influencer in literature and culture.

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Winston Churchill was a British statesman and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, leading Britain through its darkest hour during World War II.
Churchill was born in 1874 and was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. He began his career in the British Army and later transitioned into politics, serving as a Member of Parliament for over 60 years. He held several government positions throughout his career, including as the First Lord of the Admiralty, Minister of Munitions, and Secretary of State for War.
During World War II, Churchill served as Prime Minister and played a key role in leading Britain through the war. He made powerful speeches that rallied the nation and inspired the British people to keep fighting, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. His speeches are widely considered to be some of the greatest in history, with phrases such as "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never" and "We shall fight on the beaches" becoming famous.
One of Churchill's greatest achievements as Prime Minister was his strong alliance with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Together, they led the Allied powers to victory over Nazi Germany.
After World War II, Churchill served as Prime Minister again from 1951 to 1955 but was defeated in the general election. He remained an active Member of Parliament until 1964 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his six-volume memoir of the war. He died in 1965 at the age of 90.
Churchill's legacy continues to this day, with many seeing him as a symbol of leadership, courage, and determination in the face of adversity. He is often ranked as one of the greatest British Prime Ministers, and his speeches are still studied and admired by people all over the world.
Winston Churchill was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing books on a wide range of subjects. One of his most notable literary achievements is his six-volume memoir, The Second World War, which he wrote during and after the war. The work, which was published between 1948 and 1954, provides a detailed and personal account of the war from Churchill's perspective, including his thoughts and decisions as Prime Minister. The memoirs were international bestsellers and were praised for their historical accuracy and Churchill's literary skill.
In addition to his memoirs, Churchill also wrote several other books throughout his life. Some of his most notable works include:
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<li>"The World Crisis" (1923-1931): A five-volume work that covers the period of Churchill's life from 1911 to 1928 and includes his thoughts on World War I and its aftermath.</li>
<li>"My Early Life" (1930): An autobiographical work that covers Churchill's childhood and early career.</li>
<li>"A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" (1956-1958): A four-volume work that covers the history of the English-speaking peoples from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the 19th century.</li>
<li>"Painting as a Pastime" (1948): A book in which Churchill reflects on his hobby of painting and its therapeutic effects.</li>
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Churchill's books have been widely read and praised for their historical accuracy and literary merit. They provide valuable insights into the mind of one of the most important figures of the 20th century and continue to be studied and admired today.

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Frederick Bodmer (actually Friedrich Bodmer) (14 February 1894 – 2 January 1960) was a Swiss philologist and author of the popular book The Loom of Language. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis in 1924 at the University of Zurich on the topic Studies about dialogue in Nathan by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Studien Zum Dialog in Lessings Nathan). After that, he taught in Europe and at the University of Cape Town. Later he held a position within the Department of Modern Languages at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was succeeded in his position at MIT by Noam Chomsky in 1955.&nbsp;

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Walter Isaacson is an American author and journalist best known for his biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and other iconic personalities. He is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C.
Isaacson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1952 and educated at Harvard University and the University of Oxford. He began his career in journalism at The Sunday Times of London and then as a political writer for TIME magazine, where he served as managing editor from 1995 to 2001 and editor from 2001 to 2002.
In 2003, Isaacson published his first book, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, which was both critically and commercially successful and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography. His second book, Einstein: His Life and Universe, was published in 2007 and was a New York Times Best Seller.
In 2011, Isaacson published his biography of Apple’s co-founder, Steve Jobs, which was a critical and commercial success. The book, which was excerpted in TIME, was optioned for a movie by Sony Pictures. In 2013, he released The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, which was a New York Times Best Seller.
In addition to his books, Isaacson has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker. He has appeared on television programs such as The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and Real Time with Bill Maher.
Isaacson is a prolific speaker, delivering keynotes at organizations such as Google, Microsoft, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Constitution Center, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and many others. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Isaacson is also a board member of several non-profit organizations, such as Teach for America, the National Constitution Center, the Aspen Institute, and the Brookings Institution. He is a former chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the Voice of America and other international broadcasting outlets.
In 2015, Isaacson was appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by President Barack Obama. He is also a member of the G7 Task Force on the Digital Economy.
Isaacson is a frequent contributor to various media outlets, including NPR’s Morning Edition, and he has been featured on the cover of Newsweek and TIME. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, the Henry Luce Award, the Digital Book World Award for Non-Fiction, and the World Technology Award for Media.

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Neil Richard Gaiman was born on November 10, 1960, in Portchester, England. He originated from a family of Eastern European Jewish descent. His father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked at their family chain of stores, while his mother, Sheila Gaiman, was a pharmacist. In 1965 the family moved to East Grinstead, West Sussex, where Neil grew up with a profound love for reading, beginning as early as age 4.&nbsp;
Some of his favorite childhood books include J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Batman, and other comics. Gaiman received early education at various church schools, including Fonthill School in East Grinstead, Ardingly College, and Whitgift School in Croydon.
When Gaiman began to outgrow comic books in his teenage years, he realized the lack of comic books for an older mature audience. He, therefore, decided to fill the gap himself. Although he wanted to write comic books, Gaiman had little idea how to go about it. Following his graduation from high school in 1977, Gaiman became a journalist writing articles for a number of renowned publications such as the Sunday Times, the Observer, Knave, and Time Out.&nbsp;
In March 1985, Gaiman married McGrath after the birth of their son Michael in 1983. The couple had two more children, Holly and Madeleine. In 1984, Gaiman wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran. He continued writing articles and interviews in magazines under pseudonyms. However, in 1987, Gaiman waved goodbye to journalism, stating, “British newspapers can make up anything they want and publish it as fact.”&nbsp;
Also, in the late 1980s, Gaiman published Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion. Gaiman started writing comic books, continuing the series of Marvelman after its original creator and Gaiman’s friend Alan Moore abandoned it. After his impressive work on Marvelman, Gaiman was offered to write the limited series of Black Orchard and also to re-write an old character, The Sandman. From December 1988 to March 1966, Gaiman produced work on The Sandman, which was later collected in 12 volumes.&nbsp;
More significant comic works by Neil Gaiman include The Books of Magic (1989), Lady Justice, and Mr. Hero. The Newmatic Man, Teknophage, Tales of the White Wolf, Whatever happened to the Caper Crusader, as well as contributions to Wednesday Comics.

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Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone. Paddy Griffith, among modern historians, claims that the British infantry's discipline and willingness to attack were equally important.
Oman was born in Muzaffarpur district, India, the son of a British planter. He was educated at Winchester College and at the University of Oxford, where he studied under William Stubbs. Here, he was invited to become a founding member of the Stubbs Society under Stubbs's patronage. In 1881 he was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, where he remained for the rest of his academic career.&nbsp;
He was elected the Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1905, in succession to Montagu Burrows. He was also elected to the FBA that year and served as President of the Royal Historical Society (1917–1921), the Numismatic Society, and the Royal Archaeological Institute. Among his teaching activities at Oxford, he taught the special subject of military history with C.T. Atkinson of Exeter College, which focused on the Peninsular War.&nbsp;
Oman's academic career was interrupted by the First World War, during which he was employed by the government's Press Bureau and the Foreign Office. Oman was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the University of Oxford constituency from 1919 to 1935 and was knighted KBE in the 1920 civilian war honors list.
The parody history book 1066 and All That, published in 1930, includes the dedication "Absit Oman," a distortion of the Latin phrase "Absit omen." It can be translated as "may Oman be absent," reflecting the prominence of Oman among English historians at the time.
He became an honorary fellow of New College in 1936 and received the honorary degrees of DCL (Oxford, 1926) and LL.D (Edinburgh, 1911 and Cambridge, 1927). He was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1928. He died at Oxford aged 86.
Two of Oman's children became authors. His daughter Carola Oman CBE was a writer of history, biography, and fiction for adults and children, including a retelling of the Robin Hood legend and biographies of Admiral Lord Nelson and Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore. His son Charles C. Oman wrote several volumes on British silverware, and similar houseware worked as a Keeper of the Department of Metalwork in the Victoria and Albert Museum and was active in the Folklore Society (and was, in turn, father to Julia Trevelyan Oman).

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Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE FRSL (15 May 1934 – 2 August 2012) was an English military historian, lecturer, author, and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the 21st century, covering land, air, maritime, intelligence warfare, and the psychology of battle.&nbsp;
Keegan was born in Clapham to an Irish World War One veteran and was evacuated to Somerset when World War Two broke out. At the age of 13, Keegan contracted orthopedic tuberculosis, which subsequently affected his gait. The long-term effects of this rendered him unfit for military service, and the timing of his birth made him too young for service in the Second World War, facts he mentioned in his works as an ironic observation of his profession and interests.&nbsp;
The illness also interrupted his education in his teenage years. However, it included a period at King's College, Taunton, and two years at Wimbledon College, which led to entry to Balliol College, Oxford, in 1953, where he read history with an emphasis on war theory. After graduation, he worked at the American Embassy in London for three years.
In 1960 Keegan took up a lectureship in military history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which trains officers for the British Army. He remained there for 26 years, becoming a senior lecturer in military history during his tenure. He also held a visiting professorship at Princeton University and was Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar College.
Leaving the academy in 1986, Keegan joined the Daily Telegraph as a defense correspondent and stayed with the paper as defense editor until his death. He also wrote for the conservative American publication National Review Online. In 1998, he wrote and presented the BBC's Reith Lectures, entitling them War in our World. Keegan died on 2 August 2012 of natural causes at his home in Kilmington, Wiltshire. He was survived by his wife, their two daughters, and two sons.
In A History of Warfare, Keegan outlined the development and limitations of warfare from prehistory to the modern era. It looked at various topics, including the use of horses, logistics, and "fire." A key concept put forward was that war is inherently cultural. In the introduction, he vigorously denounced the idiom "war is a continuation of policy by other means," rejecting "Clausewitzian" ideas. However, Keegan's discussion of Clausewitz was criticized as uninformed and inaccurate by writers like Peter Paret, Christopher Bassford, and Richard M. Swain.
Other books written by Keegan are The Iraq War, Intelligence in War, The First World War, The Second World War, The Battle for History, The Face of Battle, War and Our World, The Mask of Command, and Fields of Battle.
He also contributed to work on historiography in modern conflict. With Richard Holmes, he wrote the BBC documentary Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle. Frank C. Mahncke wrote that Keegan is seen as "among the most prominent and widely read military historians of the late twentieth century." In a book-cover blurb extracted from a more complex article, Sir Michael Howard wrote, "at once the most readable and the most original of living historians."

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Ben Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, public speaker, author, and radio host. Born in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, Shapiro began writing at a young age, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of the UCLA student newspaper. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Shapiro worked as a lawyer. Then in 2007, he began writing a column for Creators Syndicate and eventually began hosting a daily political talk radio show.
Shapiro is known for his controversial opinions, especially on issues such as abortion, gun control, and same-sex marriage. He has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama and accused of sexism and racism. Shapiro has also written several books, including Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth, which criticizes the left-leaning atmosphere in higher education, and Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, which examines the influence of Hollywood on American culture.
Shapiro's views have earned him both praise and criticism. He has been called an "intellectual powerhouse" by some, while others have criticized him for being too harsh and making inflammatory remarks. He is an outspoken supporter of Israel and has been criticized for his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Shapiro has argued that the Palestinian Authority has created a culture of hate and incitement and that the Palestinian leadership should be held responsible for the violence in the region.
Shapiro has appeared on many television and radio programs, including The O'Reilly Factor, Fox &amp; Friends, and his show, The Ben Shapiro Show. He has also written for various publications, including The Daily Wire, National Review, and Breitbart News. In addition, he is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and other venues.
Shapiro has also been the subject of much controversy. In 2019, he was criticized for comments he made about transgender individuals. He also received backlash for calling for a boycott of the National Football League for their decision to allow players to kneel during the national anthem in protest of police brutality. Another controversy occurred when Shapiro was invited to speak at the University of California, Berkeley. His speech was met with protests, with some students and faculty arguing that his views were too extreme.
Shapiro's views and opinions on various topics have made him a polarizing figure. While some laud him for his intelligence, wit, and courage to stand up for his beliefs, others see him as a divisive figure who espouses extremist views. Whatever one's opinion of him, it is clear that Shapiro has had an impact on America's political and cultural landscape.

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was an American self-trained historian, author, and double Pulitzer Prize winner. She became best known for The Guns of August (1962), a history of the prelude and the first month of World War I. As an author, Tuchman focused on producing popular history. Her clear, dramatic storytelling covered topics as diverse as the 14th century and World War I and sold millions of copies.
Following graduation, Wertheim worked as a volunteer research assistant at the Institute of Pacific Relations in New York, spending a year in Tokyo in 1934–35, including a month in China, then returning to the United States via the Trans Siberian Railway to Moscow and on to Paris. She also contributed to The Nation as a correspondent until her father's sale of the publication in 1937, traveling to Valencia and Madrid to cover the Spanish Civil War A first book resulted from her Spanish experience, The Lost British Policy: Britain and Spain Since 1700, published in 1938.

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Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was born in 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then a part of South Africa's Cape Province. Mandela became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944. He was arrested in 1962, convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island.
Following his release in 1990, Mandela led the ANC in negotiations with the ruling National Party to end apartheid and establish multi-racial elections in 1994, in which he was elected President. Nelson Mandela was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black President of South Africa and the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.
As President, Mandela worked to combat poverty and inequality and promote reconciliation between South Africa's racial groups. He also sought to improve the lives of the country's black majority by implementing policies such as affirmative action and land reform.
During his Presidency, Mandela also sought to improve South Africa's international relations and played a crucial role in promoting peace and stability on the African continent. He also worked to secure a peaceful transition in neighboring Namibia and helped to broker a power-sharing agreement in Burundi. After one term, he stepped down from Presidency.
Nelson Mandela retired from politics in 1999. He had previously announced his intention to retire before the end of his term, stating that he wanted to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power.
After his retirement, Mandela continued to advocate for social causes, particularly those related to children, education, and the fight against HIV/AIDS. He also remained a respected figure in South Africa and internationally and continued to be involved in various initiatives to promote peace and reconciliation.
Mandela also established the Nelson Mandela Foundation, a non-profit organization focusing on issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, and education. He also continued to advocate for reconciliation and peace and played a role in various peace initiatives throughout Africa and the world. Unfortunately, Mandela passed away on December 5, 2013, at 95, but his legacy continues to be celebrated and honored worldwide.

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Paul Graham is an entrepreneur, programmer, and essayist. He is the co-founder of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator that has funded over 2,000 companies including Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit. His career has been focused on technology and startups. He began his career as a programmer and software developer, working on various projects and startups. In 1995, he co-founded Viaweb, one of the first web-based companies that allowed users to create their own online stores. The company was later sold to Yahoo in 1998 for $49 million.
After the sale of Viaweb, Graham turned his attention to startup investing and mentoring. In 2005, he co-founded Y Combinator, a startup accelerator that provides funding, resources, and mentorship to early-stage startups. Y Combinator has since funded over 2,000 companies, many of which have gone on to become successful and valuable companies, such as Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit.
Paul Graham has several notable achievements in his career, including:
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<li>Co-founding Viaweb: Viaweb was one of the first web-based companies that allowed users to create their own online stores. The company was later sold to Yahoo in 1998 for $49 million.</li>
<li>Fellowship at Harvard's Society of Fellows: Graham is a Fellow at Harvard's Society of Fellows, a prestigious group of scholars who receive funding and support to pursue their research.</li>
<li>Helping launch successful startups: Graham has helped launch many successful startups through Y Combinator and has mentored many entrepreneurs. Some of the successful companies that came out of Y Combinator include Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit.</li>
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In addition to his work with Y Combinator, Graham is also known for his essays on technology and startups. He has written extensively on the startup ecosystem, the role of technology in society, and the future of the internet. His essays have been collected in two books, "Hackers &amp; Painters" and "Ansi Common Lisp." He continues to share his thoughts and insights on his website, paulgraham.com.

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Francis J. "Bing" West Jr. is an American author, Marine combat veteran, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. West writes about the military, warfighting, and counterinsurgency. He fought in significant operations in the Vietnam War and conducted over a hundred combat patrols from 1966 to 1968.
For the United States Marine Corps, he wrote the training manual Small Unit Action in Vietnam, describing how to fight in close combat. As an analyst at the RAND Corporation, he wrote a half dozen detailed monographs about fighting against an insurgency. Later, as Assistant Secretary of Defense, he dealt with the revolutions in El Salvador. From 2003 through 2008, he made 16 extended trips to Iraq, going on patrols and writing three books and numerous articles about the war. From 2007 through 2011, he made innumerable trips to embed in Afghanistan.
West is from the Massachusetts communities of Dorchester, Boston, Milton, and Scituate. He graduated from Georgetown University (BA) and Princeton University (MA), where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. West was an infantry officer in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He led the mortar platoon of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. Later, he served with a Combined Action Platoon that fought for 485 days in a remote village.
He was also a member of the Marine Forces Reconnaissance team that initiated "Operation Stingray": small unit attacks behind enemy lines. He authored a study at the RAND Corporation entitled "The Strike Teams: Tactical Performance and Strategic Potential." This paper was the featured event at the 1970 Department of Defense Counterinsurgency Research and Development Symposium. The RAND Military Systems Simulations Group implemented a classified model of West's concept. This doctrinal innovation was directly opposed by Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), which favored the Army's concept of Air-Mobility "Fire and Thunder Operations."
In rebuttal, West wrote The Village, chronicling the daily lives of 15 Marines who protected Vietnamese villagers by living among them in their hamlets. The book became a classic of practical counterinsurgency and has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's Required Reading List for five decades. In addition, West served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Ronald Reagan administration and chaired the United States Security Commissions with El Salvador, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, South Korea, and Japan.
Among other awards, West is the recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Department of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, and Tunisia's Medaille de Liberté. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Infantry Order of St. Crispin, he frequently appears on C-SPAN and The News Hour on PBS.
West is the author of a dozen books. His latest is The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War, Bombardier Press, 2020. His 2019 collaboration with Marine General Jim Mattis, entitled Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, was the #1 New York Times Bestseller. An introductory book, written by retired Marine Major General Ray L. Smith, The March Up, was awarded the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award for non-fiction and the William E. Colby Award for military history.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars presented West with their National Media Award in 2005 after he wrote the book No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah. His book The Strongest Tribe is a history of the Iraq War that was a New York Times Best Seller and was ranked by Foreign Affairs magazine as #7 among the top foreign policy books of 2009. In addition, the Fire ranked #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List.
In The Strongest Tribe and a subsequent article in Military Review about counterinsurgency lessons, West argued that the current doctrine of nation-building and winning hearts and minds by economic development was based on Western liberal theory rather than the realities of battle. West has grave reservations about extolling the effects of "non-kinetic COIN" (counterinsurgency).
He believes that the warriors, not the people, defeat warriors and that America's mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan was to concede all authority to appoint and remove for cause military and police officers. He believes American policymakers tried to do too much with too little in too short a time. As a result, he believes the White House has devolved into a kingdom of courtiers, disconnected from a populace that must be united to emerge victorious from wars, large or small.
His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Review, and The Washington Post. He is the recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal (twice), the Marine Corps Heritage Award (thrice), the Goodpaster Prize for Military Scholarship, the Father Clyde E. Leonard Award, the Free Press Award, the Marine Corps Correspondents' Distinguished Performance Award, the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Media Award and the Marine Corps Russell Award for Leadership.

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Scott French is a researcher and investigator who has authored over 20 books including the original syllabus of surveillance, the Big Brother Game, Never Say Lie an in-depth look at truth telling techniques utilized by everyone from the FBI to the IRS, and Credit the Cutting Edge.
He is probably best known for having authored Just This Once, the worlds first novel using computer aided artificial intelligence.
His newest book, Who Are You? The Encyclopedia of Personal Identification is the first book ever to reveal the tricks and truth(s) of the identity game from both sides of the border. How to steal/protect any identity, exactly how the government and a number of private companies are infringing on your rights and how to stop them! Scott lives in California, but refuses to drive an SUV.

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Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential intellectuals of the second half of the 20th century and one of the leading figures in linguistics. He is the author of more than 100 books on linguistics, war and politics, and mass media.
Chomsky is best known for his theory of generative grammar, which argues that the ability to learn and use language is innate and hardwired into the human brain. This theory has significantly impacted linguistics and influenced research in other fields, such as cognitive science and neuroscience.
In addition to his linguistics work, Chomsky is known for his political activism and critiques of U.S. foreign policy and capitalism. He has strongly criticized U.S. imperialism, U.S. interventions in Latin America, and U.S. support for authoritarian regimes. He has also written and spoken extensively about the role of the mass media in shaping public opinion and serving the interests of the powerful. In addition, Chomsky has advocated freedom of speech and democracy.
He is also known for criticizing the mainstream media and its role in shaping public opinion. He argues that the mainstream media serves the interests of the powerful rather than providing citizens with the information they need to make informed decisions about general issues. He has advocated for alternative media and independent journalism beholden to corporate or government interests.
Chomsky has significantly influenced the political left and peace and social justice movements. He has been described as "arguably the most important intellectual alive" by the New York Times and continues to be a prominent public intellectual and influential voice in political discourse.
In his political activism, Chomsky has been a vocal advocate for freedom of speech and democracy. He has advocated for alternative media and independent journalism not beholden to corporate or government interests. Chomsky has been critical of the mainstream media's role in shaping public opinion and often criticized the role of media in manufacturing consent.
Chomsky has been influential on the political left and has impacted various social movements and progressive causes. He advocates for workers' rights and has spoken out against poverty, inequality, and the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few. He has also been a vocal critic of the influence of corporate governance on politics and the democratic process.
He is also an advocate for peace and is a strong critic of U.S. military interventions and wars, arguing that these actions often result in the loss of lives and civil liberties, as well as hindering the progress of democracy around the world. Chomsky has also been a vocal critic of the War on Terror, arguing that the "war" has been used to justify a wide range of human rights abuses and has hindered the progress of democracy worldwide.
In summary, Chomsky is an influential voice in political discourse, and his activism and writing often focus on democracy, human rights, and media manipulation. He is a strong advocate for social and political change, and his work continues to inspire and inform many progressive political movements.

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Edward William Bovill (1892 - 1966) was a British historian and writer. He served in the First World War with the 18th Hussars, attached to Northern Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force.

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Robert A. Pastor is a Professor of International Relations and Founder and Director of the Center for North American Studies at American University. He served on the National Security Council and as a Consultant to the State and Defense Departments. He is the author of sixteen other books, including Exiting the Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy to Latin America and A Century's Journey: How the Great Powers Shape the World.
He is well-published on US foreign policy, having written or edited 17 books, including "The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental Future, "Exiting the Whirlpool: US Foreign Policy Toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Democracy in the Caribbean: Political, Economic and Social Perspectives and Limits to Friendship: The United States and Mexico. The pastor has published his theories of a North American Community, including Toward a North American Community extensively: Lessons from the Old World to the New.

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Jane

This book is a direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized urban planning in this century. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed—this book provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities.

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, and business executive. He is best known as the President of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and venture capital firm that provides funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage startups. He has been involved with Y Combinator since 2011 and was named President in 2014.
Altman first gained recognition as a co-founder and CEO of Loopt, a location-based social networking app that Green Dot Corporation acquired in 2012. After the acquisition, he joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner before becoming President.
Under Altman's leadership, Y Combinator has expanded its reach and impact, now funding and mentoring over 2,000 startups, including companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit. The firm has also launched additional programs, such as the Y Combinator Research division, which supports fundamental research in technology, and the Y Combinator Continuity Fund, which provides later-stage funding to startups that have graduated from the accelerator program.
Altman is also known for his philanthropy and activism. He is a vocal proponent of universal basic income. He has been involved in several initiatives to explore and promote the concept, including the launch of the Universal Basic Income project in 2016, which provided a basic income to 100 individuals in Oakland, California, for a year.
He is also a board member of OpenAI, a non-profit research company that aims to develop and promote friendly AI in a way that benefits humanity as a whole.
Altman is a recognized figure in the technology industry and has been featured in numerous publications, including Forbes, The New York Times, and Inc. He has also been a guest speaker at several conferences and events, including the World Economic Forum and the SXSW Interactive Festival.

Daniel Burka is the director of product and design at the not-for-profit Resolve to Save Lives, an organization dedicated to preventing deaths from cardiovascular disease. He has over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, working in the fields of product design, product management, and user experience design.
Burka began his career as a freelance web designer in the early 2000s, working on projects for tech startups and other companies. He then joined Google in 2005 as a Senior User Experience Designer in the Google Reader team. During his time at Google, Burka worked on a number of projects, including Google Calendar, Google Maps, and a variety of other products.
In 2012, Burka joined Digg as the company’s Chief Design Officer, overseeing the social news aggregator's design and product strategy. He left Digg in 2014 to become the Director of Product Design at the venture-backed startup Milk.
In 2018, Burka joined Resolve to Save Lives as the organization’s Director of Product and Design. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the design of the organization’s programs and products, which are aimed at improving global public health.
Burka is a highly respected tech industry figure with many awards and accolades to his name. He has been named one of the “Top 40 Innovators Under 40” by BusinessWeek and was included in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list. He has also received the Google Founders Award for his work on Google Reader.
Burka is passionate about using technology to improve people’s lives and is committed to creating products and services that have the potential to make a positive impact. He believes in the power of design to create positive change and is dedicated to creating products that are both effective and accessible to all users.

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Chris Dixon is a prominent venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and technology investor. He is the co-founder and managing director of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he has invested in and served on the boards of companies such as Skype, DocuSign, Oculus, Coinbase, and many others. Dixon is also the co-founder of Hunch and SiteAdvisor.
He has also co-founded or been involved with several other technology startups, including Founder Collective, the early-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2007; the startup accelerator Founder’s Den; and the investment platform, AngelList.
Dixon is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, and technology advisor. He has served as a judge on the ABC television show Shark Tank and has been featured on the cover of Fortune magazine. He has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other publications.
Dixon has a passion for helping entrepreneurs to succeed. He has invested in more than 100 companies and has a deep knowledge of the technology industry. He is also an avid public speaker and has spoken on topics ranging from entrepreneurship to investing to the future of technology.
Dixon has an impressive background in the technology industry that spans two decades. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Harvard University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology. He has also been active in the technology industry since the late 1990s and has served as an advisor to many companies.
As a technology investor, Dixon has a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies. He has invested in a range of startups across multiple sectors, including software, hardware, artificial intelligence, healthcare, and robotics. He has also invested in several early-stage companies and helped them grow into successful enterprises.
In addition to his investments, Dixon is also an active member of the startup community. He is a mentor to many startups and has spoken at events such as TechCrunch Disrupt and the Collision Conference. He is also an active philanthropist and has served on the boards of many nonprofit organizations.
Chris Dixon is a highly accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and technology advisor. With his deep knowledge of the technology industry, experience mentoring startups, and passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed. He is a great asset to any venture.

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Michael Bierut is an American graphic designer, author, and educator. His career in graphic design began in the 1980s when he began working at Vignelli Associates, a New York-based design firm. In 1990, he joined Pentagram as a partner in the firm's New York office. At Pentagram, Bierut works on many projects, including branding, packaging, and environmental design, for clients such as Saks Fifth Avenue, The New York Times, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Throughout his career, Bierut has also been a frequent speaker and author on design-related topics. He has written for publications such as Print, Communication Arts, and Eye and has been a regular contributor to the design website Design Observer. He has also taught at the Yale School of Art and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Michael Bierut has received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career as a graphic designer. Some of his notable awards include:
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<li>AIGA Medal: The highest honor given by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), which recognizes exceptional achievements in the field of graphic design.</li>
<li>Smithsonian National Design Award for Communication Design: Presented by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in recognition of outstanding communication design achievements.</li>
<li>Type Directors Club Medal: Presented by the Type Directors Club in recognition of outstanding achievement in typography.</li>
<li>Gold Medal from the Society of Publication Designers: Presented in recognition of outstanding design in magazine and newspaper design.</li>
<li>Gold Medal from the Art Directors Club of New York: Presented in recognition of outstanding design in advertising and graphic design.</li>
<li>Gold Medal from the New York Type Directors Club: Presented in recognition of outstanding achievement in typography.</li>
<li>The Design Mind Award: Presented by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum for his exceptional work in design and his contributions to the design community</li>
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Bierut has also been honored with several lifetime achievement awards from the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Graphic Design USA awards. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
Bierut has also been involved in several other design-related ventures, such as co-founding the design education non-profit Design Observer and serving on the board of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Type Directors Club.

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In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs emphasizes the importance of diversity in urban areas. She believes that a mix of different buildings, people, and activities is crucial for a city's vitality and growth. So, if you're interested in urban planning or development, you might want to check this out.

The Importance of Diversity

Jacobs argues that streets and sidewalks are not just for transportation, but they also serve as important public spaces where social interactions occur. She suggests that safe and vibrant streets contribute to a city's overall health. So, if you're curious about how to make your city more lively, this book might give you some ideas.

The Role of Streets and Sidewalks

One of the key takeaways from the book is Jacobs' critique of modernist urban planning. She believes that this approach, which favors large-scale redevelopment and high-rise buildings, often overlooks the needs and desires of local residents. If you're into urban studies or architecture, you'll find her arguments quite compelling.

Critique of Modernist Urban Planning

Jacobs introduces the concept of 'eyes on the street', arguing that a well-used city street is a safe one. The idea is that the more people there are around, the less likely crime is to occur. This is a great concept to explore if you're interested in community safety or crime prevention.

The Concept of 'Eyes on the Street'

In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs also highlights the value of old buildings. She believes they provide character, variety, and a sense of history, which are all essential for a city's identity. If you're a history buff or just love old architecture, you'll definitely appreciate her perspective.

The Value of Old Buildings

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urban writer and activist who championed new, community-based approaches to planning for over 40 years. Her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, became one of the most influential American texts about cities' inner workings and failings, inspiring generations of urban planners and activists.&nbsp;
Her efforts to stop downtown expressways and protect local neighborhoods invigorated community-based urban activism and helped end Parks Commissioner Robert Moses's reign of power in New York City. Jacobs had no professional training in the field of city planning, nor did she hold the title of planner. Instead, she relied on her observations and common sense to show why certain places work and what can be done to improve those that do not.&nbsp;
With PPS mentor William H. Whyte, Jacobs advocated for a place-based, community-centered approach to urban planning decades before such approaches were considered sensible. William "Holly" Whyte was her editor at Fortune Magazine, who published her seminal article "Downtown is for People" (1958)--the piece that inspired the Rockefeller Foundation to fund her to write The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

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