Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Technological Republic
The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
- Author
- Alexander C. Karp & Nicholas W. Zamiska
- Published
- 2025
- Pages
- 320
- Recommended
- Once
Palantir’s co-founder and CEO argues that Silicon Valley turned away from the hard problems — defence, national purpose, the state — toward consumer trivia, and that the West’s technological edge depends on reversing that.
Why it’s on the list: Bold on @mastersinvest’s 2025 list, meaning the curator rated it very good rather than merely read.
Where I saw it: @mastersinvest’s “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 20, 2025, where it appears in bold. The full 46-title list is transcribed on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
- Palantir — the company Karp co-founded and the book’s vantage point.