Here is a selection of print and eBooks added to the collection in the past week.
A world without work: technology, automation, and how we should respond /Daniel Susskind. Susskind argues that machines no longer need to think like us in order to outperform us, as was once widely believed. The threat of technological unemployment is now real. This is not necessarily a bad thing, Susskind emphasizes. Technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of humanity’s oldest problems: how to make sure that everyone has enough to live on. The challenges will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, to constrain the burgeoning power of Big Tech, and to provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the center of our lives.
Chip war: the fight for the world’s most critical technology /Chris Miller. An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world’s most critical resource–microchip technology–with the United States and China increasingly in conflict. Chip War reveals China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the U.S. became dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems. Illuminating, timely, and fascinating, Chip War shows that, to make sense of the current state of politics, economics, and technology, we must first understand the vital role played by chips.
Churches and the crisis of decline: a hopeful, practical ecclesiology for a secular age /Andrew Root. Root shows that the church’s crisis is not in the loss of resources but in the loss of life-and that life can only return when we remain open to God’s encountering presence.
Climate and energy: the case for realism /edited by E. Calvin Beisner and David R. Legates. Fourteen climate scientists, energy engineers, and environmental economists, along with a theologian, offer a rigorous discussion of how climate change may actually leave humanity better off.
Elon Musk /Walter Isaacson. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
If we lose the earth, we lose our souls /Bruno Latour ; translated by Catherine Porter and Sam Ferguson. Latour calls upon Christians to join the struggle to avert a climate catastrophe. He urges Christians to renew their understanding of their faith in the context of the new image of the world that has emerged from earth system science – that of a world in which the myriad of beings that inhabit the world are interdependent and living in close proximity on a slender, fragile membrane on the surface of the planet. Latour sees the ecological crisis, and the cosmological mutation that it entails, as an opportunity to convey anew, to the largest possible audience, the tradition of Christianity as it has never been appreciated before, by bringing to bear the lessons of eschatology on the great crisis that looms before us all.
Losing the signal: the untold story behind the extraordinary rise and spectacular fall of Blackberry /Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff. Losing the Signal is a riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. With unprecedented access to key players, senior executives, directors and competitors, Losing the Signal unveils the remarkable rise of a company that started above a bagel store in Ontario. McNish and Silcoff, create an entertaining, whirlwind narrative that goes behind the scenes to reveal one of the most compelling business stories of the new century.
Money, power, respect: how women in sports are shaping the future of feminism /Macaela MacKenzie. MacKenzie exposes the misogyny in women’s sports — but there is hope. She takes us into the world of the women athletes who are championing equal pay, equal rights, and equal respect against often-tremendous odds. She overturns depressingly common myths and misconceptions about women’s sports, revealing that the real reason they’re so often seen as an afterthought is nothing more than sexism.
Navigating faith and science /Joseph Vukov. This guide advances three models for Christians to utilize when navigating the relationship between science and faith: conflict, independence, and dialogue. It argues that dialogue is the ideal model to follow most, but not necessarily all of the time. Through a philosophical approach grounded in real-world examples, it shows how no single model can be universally adequate, and how Christians must proceed with discernment according to the nature of the matter at hand.
No filter: the inside story of Instagram /Sarah Frier. In 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger released a photo-sharing app called Instagram, with one simple but irresistible feature: It would make anything you captured look more beautiful. Within two years Mark Zuckerberg bought the company for a historic $1 billion. Frier shows how Instagram has fundamentally changed the way we show, eat, travel, and communicate, all while fighting to preserve the values which contributed to the company’s success.
Nuremberg diary /by G.M. Gilbert. The diary of the prison psychologist at the Nuremberg Trial of the Nazi War criminals.
On education /Abraham Kuyper ; edited by Wendy Naylor and Harry Van Dyke. This collection of essays and speeches presents Kuyper’s theology and philosophy of education, and his understanding of the divine purpose of scholarship for human culture.
Reimagining capitalism in a world on fire /Rebecca Henderson. Henderson debunks the worldview that the only purpose of business is to make money and maximize shareholder value. She shows that we have failed to reimagine capitalism so that it is not only an engine of prosperity but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, striving for social justice and the demands of truly democratic institutions. Henderson’s deep understanding of how change takes place, combined with fascinating in-depth stories of companies that have made the first steps towards reimagining capitalism, provides inspiring insight into what capitalism can be. With rich discussions of how the worlds of finance, governance, and leadership must also evolve, Henderson provides the pragmatic foundation for navigating a world faced with unprecedented challenge, but also with extraordinary opportunity for those who can get it right.
Resurgence: engaging with Indigenous narratives and cultural expressions in and beyond the classroom /edited by Christine M’Lot and Katya Adamov Ferguson. Resurgence is a powerful collection of Indigenous voices in poetic, artistic, and narrative texts to support teachers in bridging existing curricular plans with rich, living texts and expressions. M’Lot and Ferguson treat each submission as a living text that acts as a springboard for engagement with Indigenous voices and pedagogies that teachers can use with students of all ages (K-12). Each narrative, poem, or artistic expression provides a gift to teachers that evokes critical reflection of past and current teaching practices and inspires new quests and questions.
Rituals for virtual meetings: creative ways to engage people and strengthen relationships /Kürşat Özenç, Glenn Fajardo. Rituals for Virtual Meetings will help you unlock how virtual interactions work, and how to build, grow, and sustain meaningful relationships at work (and beyond) in an increasingly online world. This book is structured around the life cycle of a relationship: from introductions to working together to navigating difficult interactions. The book showcases behavioral strategies of virtual habits, norms, and rituals, collected from a diverse set of companies and communities. Rituals for Virtual Meetings will help managers with direct reports in distributed locations build trust and rapport amongst team members. Employees will learn to facilitate better interactions with project partners and customers. Community leaders can use Virtual Rituals to activate an increasingly virtual member base. Teachers juggling virtual and in-person instruction can implement the strategies in this book to create a healthy community in uncertain times.
The abolition of man, or, Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools /C.S. Lewis. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society.
The age of surveillance capitalism: the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power /Shoshana Zuboff. Zuboff, asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. She tackles the social, political, business, personal, and technological meaning of surveillance capitalism as an unprecedented new market form.
The aristocracy of talent: how meritocracy made the modern world /Adrian Woolridge. Wooldridge traces the history of meritocracy forged by the politicians and officials who introduced the revolutionary principle of open competition, the psychologists who devised methods for measuring natural mental abilities, and the educationalists who built ladders of educational opportunity. He looks outside western cultures and shows what transformative effects it has had everywhere it has been adopted, especially once women were brought into the meritocratic system. Wooldridge also shows how meritocracy has now become corrupted and argues that the recent stalling of social mobility is the result of failure to complete the meritocratic revolution. Rather than abandoning meritocracy, he says, we should call for its renewal.
The kingdom, the power, and the glory: American evangelicals in an age of extremism /Tim Alberta. Alberta paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. Through the eyes of televangelists and small-town preachers, celebrity revivalists and everyday churchgoers,he tells the story of a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a promise corrupted by partisan subterfuge, and a reputation stained by perpetual scandal. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings and traditions, explaining how Donald Trump’s presidency and the Covid-19 pandemic only accelerated historical trends that long pointed toward disaster. Accessing the highest echelons of the American evangelical movement, Alberta investigates the ways in which conservative Christians have pursued, exercised, and often abused power in the name of securing this earthly kingdom.
The letters of John /Duane F. Watson. This volume provides a new commentary on the Letters of John, demonstrating how a biblical author uses contemporary rhetoric to persuade his audience to believe and behave as he deems advantageous. It explores Johannine literature, rhetorical analysis, the social world of early Christianity, and hermeneutics.
The new climate war: the fight to take back our planet /Michael E. Mann. Mann draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters–fossil fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petrostates. And he outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change, including: a common-sense, attainable approach to carbon tax– an overhaul of the flawed Green New Deal; allowing renewable energy to compete fairly against fossil fuels debunking the false narratives and arguments that have worked their way into the climate debate and driven a wedge between even those who support climate change solutions how to combat climate doomism.
The right kind of wrong /Amy Edmondson. Edmondson is upending our entire cultural notion of failure with this guide to the science of failing well, which actualizes the potential of psychological safety for both individuals and organizations alike.
The surprising science of meetings: how you can lead your team to peak performance /Steven G. Rogelberg. Rogelberg draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews with over 5,000 employees across a range of industries to share the proven practices and techniques that help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings. For those who lead and participate in meetings, Rogelberg provides immediate direction, guidance, and relief, offering a how-to guide to change your working life starting today–.
Tyranny of merit: can we find the common good? /Michael J. Sandel. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality.
Wei da de zhi jiang = The grand weaver : how God shapes us through the events of our lives /Lawei Sajialiya = Ravi Zacharias ; Du Hua [Chinese Collection]
Whatever it is, I’m against it: resistance to change in higher education /Brian Rosenberg. An invigorating work that identifies obstructions to transformative change in higher education and offers paths to break through. Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform, even as institutions face serious challenges to their financial and educational models. A lively insider’s account, the book pinpoints factors that hinder the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to be creative and entrepreneurial amid calls to improve affordability, access, and equity for students. Through pithy personal stories of divisive town hall meetings, multiyear college governance battles, and attempts at curricular reform, Rosenberg illustrates internal and external dynamics that impede institutional evolution. Rosenberg looks outside the U.S. system to find possible antidotes in innovative higher education models such as student-centered and experiential learning approaches.
World’s fastest man: the incredible life of Ben Johnson /Mary Ormsby. Ormsby was on the scene in Seoul in the summer of 1988, when Canada’s Ben Johnson was the most celebrated athlete on the planet. Admitting to steroid use, Johnson was disqualified and has lived in ignominy ever since, but there’s much more to his incredible story. Now, with unprecedented access to Johnson, she tells his whole story for the first time–the rise of a skinny kid working Jamaican sugar estates to track-and-field superstardom to his lifetime ban from the sport and his unyielding efforts to determine exactly what happened to him on that fateful night in 1988.
Xun gui yu ju: xin yang zhui xun di hao xie gan xiang/bu gan xiang = The orthodox heretic: and other impossible tales /Peter Rollins Luolinsi ; Pingcai. [Chinese Collection]
Yan lei bing wei ca gan: yi ge shou ku zhe de sheng yin = Tearless grief: a sufferer’s voice /Gong Liren.[Chinese Collection]
Zi you she hui de dao de di xian = Freedom and its moral boundary /Luo Bingxiang . [Chinese Collection]
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