Kyle Harrison
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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
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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.