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How Institutions Listen

Civic Data, AI, and the Path to Public Trust

by Eric Gordon ...

Series series Strong Ideas
How and why the current public engagement model has run its course—and how AI-assisted listening at scale can help.We often assume that citizen participation is the biggest barrier to effective representation. In fact, governments are sitting on mountains of civic data that they cannot effectively process.In How Institutions Listen, Eric Gordon shows how we can marshal this wealth of data with ... Read more

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How and why the current public engagement model has run its course—and how AI-assisted listening at scale can help.We often assume that citizen participation is the biggest barrier to effective representation. In fact, governments are sitting on mountains of civic data that they cannot effectively process.In How Institutions Listen, Eric Gordon shows how we can marshal this wealth of data with
... Read more
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Borrow Not Sell Wealth Strategy

How the Wealthy Avoid Taxes Without Millions

by Tim Gordon ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric Smith ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The wealthiest Americans pay effective tax rates below 4% on the growth of their wealth. Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk do not cheat the system. They have simply learned to borrow against their assets instead of selling them. When you sell an appreciated asset, you trigger a taxable gain. When you borrow against that same asset, the loan ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The wealthiest Americans pay effective tax rates below 4% on the growth of their wealth. Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Elon Musk do not cheat the system. They have simply learned to borrow against their assets instead of selling them. When you sell an appreciated asset, you trigger a taxable gain. When you borrow against that same asset, the loan
... Read more

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Budget Like You Mean It

A Simple System for Total Money Control

by Tim Gordon ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric Smith ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

You have tried budgeting before, and you know exactly how that story ends. You downloaded the app, set up the categories, and felt that surge of control for about two weeks. Then a transaction got missed, a category overflowed, or a surprise expense appeared, and the whole thing collapsed. You told yourself you would restart next month, but next month arrived and you did not. The app icon still ... Read more

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You have tried budgeting before, and you know exactly how that story ends. You downloaded the app, set up the categories, and felt that surge of control for about two weeks. Then a transaction got missed, a category overflowed, or a surprise expense appeared, and the whole thing collapsed. You told yourself you would restart next month, but next month arrived and you did not. The app icon still
... Read more

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Budgeting for Beginners on Low Income

How To Use AI Tools and Free Finance Software for Budgeting

by Tim Gordon ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric Smith ...

Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Living on a low income does not mean you have to give up on financial stability. With the right plan, every dollar can work harder for you.Budgeting for Beginners on Low Income is a practical, step by step guide that helps individuals, couples, students, families, and anyone living on a tight budget take control of their finances without feeling ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Living on a low income does not mean you have to give up on financial stability. With the right plan, every dollar can work harder for you.Budgeting for Beginners on Low Income is a practical, step by step guide that helps individuals, couples, students, families, and anyone living on a tight budget take control of their finances without feeling
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AI LinkedIn Authority Building

How to Turn Your LinkedIn Profile Into a Client-Generating Machine Using Posts, Articles, and AI-Assisted Content

by Tim Gordon ...

Narrated by AI Voice Eric Smith ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Your next client, investor, employee, or business partner is probably searching LinkedIn right now. Will they find an authority or just another profile?AI LinkedIn Authority Building is a practical guide to using artificial intelligence and proven LinkedIn strategies to build credibility, grow your professional network, attract opportunities, and ... Read more

$16.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Your next client, investor, employee, or business partner is probably searching LinkedIn right now. Will they find an authority or just another profile?AI LinkedIn Authority Building is a practical guide to using artificial intelligence and proven LinkedIn strategies to build credibility, grow your professional network, attract opportunities, and
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Net Locality

Why Location Matters in a Networked World

by Eric Gordon, Adriana de Souza e Silva ...

The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.Warns of the ... Read more

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The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.Warns of the
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Meaningful Inefficiencies

Civic Design in an Age of Digital Expediency

by Eric Gordon, Gabriel Mugar ...

Public trust in the institutions that mediate civic life-from governing bodies to newsrooms-is low. In facing this challenge, many organizations assume that ensuring greater efficiency will build trust. As a result, these organizations are quick to adopt new technologies to enhance what they do, whether it's a new app or dashboard. However, efficiency, or charting a path to a goal with the least ... Read more

$39.59 CAD

Public trust in the institutions that mediate civic life-from governing bodies to newsrooms-is low. In facing this challenge, many organizations assume that ensuring greater efficiency will build trust. As a result, these organizations are quick to adopt new technologies to enhance what they do, whether it's a new app or dashboard. However, efficiency, or charting a path to a goal with the least
... Read more
Telzey Amberdon

by James H. Schmitz ...

Series Book 1 - The Complete Federation of the Hub
MEET TELZEY AMBERDON-SHE'S NOBODY'S TOYTelzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization called the Hub.First she had to deal with an alien ... Read more

$9.61 CAD

MEET TELZEY AMBERDON-SHE'S NOBODY'S TOYTelzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization called the Hub.First she had to deal with an alien
... Read more
Chrononauts Library Edition

by Mark Millar ...

Astronauts have already conquered space. Now the Chrononauts are about to conquer time with the whole world watching on live television.A satellite is blasted back through time, beaming hazy pictures home to the present day from the American Civil War. Now it’s time for the first manned mission as Chrononauts Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly step back into the past on live TV with the whole world ... Read more

$33.59 CAD

Astronauts have already conquered space. Now the Chrononauts are about to conquer time with the whole world watching on live television.A satellite is blasted back through time, beaming hazy pictures home to the present day from the American Civil War. Now it’s time for the first manned mission as Chrononauts Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly step back into the past on live TV with the whole world
... Read more
Managing Insecurity

Field Experiences of Security Sector Reform

Edited by Gordon Peake, Eric Scheye, Alice Hills ...

Effective peacebuilding in the aftermath of civil war usually requires the deep reform of security institutions, a process frequently known as security sector reform. Nearly every major donor, as well as a growing number of international organizations, supports the reform of security organizations in countries emerging from conflict and suffering high levels of violence. But how are reform ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

Effective peacebuilding in the aftermath of civil war usually requires the deep reform of security institutions, a process frequently known as security sector reform. Nearly every major donor, as well as a growing number of international organizations, supports the reform of security organizations in countries emerging from conflict and suffering high levels of violence. But how are reform
... Read more
Civic Media

Technology, Design, Practice

Edited by Eric Gordon, Paul Mihailidis ...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched
... Read more
Ludics

Play as Humanistic Inquiry

Edited by Vassiliki Rapti, Eric Gordon ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book establishes play as a mode of humanistic inquiry with a profound effect on art, culture and society. Play is treated as a dynamic and relational modality where relationships of all kinds are forged and inquisitive interdisciplinary engagement is embraced. Play cultivates reflection, connection, and creativity, offering new epistemological directions for the humanities. With examples from ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book establishes play as a mode of humanistic inquiry with a profound effect on art, culture and society. Play is treated as a dynamic and relational modality where relationships of all kinds are forged and inquisitive interdisciplinary engagement is embraced. Play cultivates reflection, connection, and creativity, offering new epistemological directions for the humanities. With examples from
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