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How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet. In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of buying from Amazon, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices, but it's a one-way, top-down process. We're not asked for our input, or our opinions—only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. It's time, Srinivasan argues, that we think in terms beyond the Valley. Srinivasan focuses on the disconnection he sees between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us. The recent Cambridge Analytica and Russian misinformation scandals exemplify the imbalance of a digital world that puts profits before inclusivity and democracy. In search of a more democratic internet, Srinivasan takes us to the mountains of Oaxaca, East and West Africa, China, Scandinavia, North America, and elsewhere, visiting the “design labs” of rural, low-income, and indigenous people around the world. He talks to a range of high-profile public figures—including Elizabeth Warren, David Axelrod, Eric Holder, Noam Chomsky, Lawrence Lessig, and the founders of Reddit, as well as community organizers, labor leaders, and human rights activists.. To make a better internet, Srinivasan says, we need a new ethic of diversity, openness, and inclusivity, empowering those now excluded from decisions about how technologies are designed, who profits from them, and who are surveilled and exploited by them.

Why does mankind exist? Where did everything come from? Mankind is searching for truth, absolute truth. The answers are sought in science, mathematics, philosophy, arts, religion, and theology. Author David Campbell leads the reader on a journey to find the answer to the ultimate purpose of life. "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond: A Journey Everyone Will Take" provides a roadmap for answering the most basic and profound question, 'What is Truth?' The road to the ultimate answer of truth can be found. Unfortunately, finding 'The Truth' has led mankind in many directions which offer solutions that make truth appear untrue. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond provides questions, answers, conclusions, and consequences for finding or not finding 'The Truth' answer. 'Straight talking and to the point. Author David Campbell has composed a unique, thoughtful, and systematic approach to understanding the real source of truth. This book is a no-nonsense, foundational look into the Christian faith.' Kemper Lewis, Ph.D. Professor, University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York 'Author David Campbell has been successful in putting on paper a motion-filled discussion on the accuracy of the Bible in answering the fundamental questions about the meaning of life. As David's pastor, I can assure the reader that what is included in the book is what David believes. Take a reading journey and at the end you will know 'The Greatest Story Ever Told.'' Jerry Gillis Senior Pastor, The Chapel at CrossPoint Getzville, New York

Supermodel Torrianne Jefferson-Reynolds and Isaiah Reynolds, a superstar point guard who plays for the NBAs California Wildcats are madly in love. As this young couple face things theyd never dreamed of, they find themselves in constant prayer. They both love the Lord and know He will bring them through the fire, but only if they turn it over. With so many obstacles coming at them in rapid succession, can they hold onto their faith and each other to help get them and their twins through the shadows of darkness. When Torris life is threatened by a female who claims shes Isaiahs impregnated mistress, Torri has to put on the full armor of God to battle the demons surrounding her and preparing to take down her family.

Collection of science fiction, "how-to-write" and cartoons.