The book presents a story that is more than obvious in hindsight: that President Biden’s cognitive and physical decline was both visible and consequential, yet shielded from public reckoning by an inner circle more concerned with maintaining power than serving the public interest. While the reliance on anonymous sources makes definitive judgment difficult, the narrative aligns…

Orlando Figes’s Natasha’s Dance is an ambitious, sweeping exploration of Russian cultural identity from the 18th century to the late Soviet period. Rather than presenting a traditional chronological history, Figes constructs a cultural palimpsest—layering music, literature, visual arts, religious thought, and ideology to capture the elusive, shifting essence of “Russianness.” The central metaphor, taken from a scene in…

Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams Facebook isn’t always doing great. Its digital currency failed, its virtual worlds aren’t working, it’s a tool for political campaigning, and much of its content is now AI slop and crude scams.Many have already charted how the world’s first truly global social network became today’s behemoth and how Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions evolved.…

Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams Facebook není vždycky v pohodě. Nefunguje ani jeho digitální měna, ani digitální světy, slouží k politickým kampaním a velkou část jeho obsahu tvoří AI šlichta a primitivní podvody. Jak se z první skutečně globální sociální sítě stal dnešní mamut a jak se vyvíjely ambice Marka Zuckerberga už mapoval leckdo. Sarah Wynn-Williams ve svých memoárech přináší něco nového:…