{"product_id":"valley-of-death-paperback","title":"Valley Of Death: How Big Tech Is Fueling the Future of War (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national\nsecurity correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising\nfrom the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for American\ndemocracy and the global balance of power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nElon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming\nsome of the most powerful figures in the realm of national security, with\nenormous implications for us all. As Sharon Weinberger reveals in this gripping\naccount, the American military and spy agencies helped to create Silicon Valley\nas we now know it, and some of its biggest and most valuable companies today\nowe much of their success to the Pentagon and CIA. Beginning with the War on\nTerror and accelerating under Donald Trump, however, the old alliance between\nelected leaders in Washington and the unelected CEOs of Silicon Valley has\ngrown increasingly uneasy as power has shifted to the private sector and Big\nTech exerts greater and greater influence over its old patrons. Companies such\nas SpaceX and Palantir, along with newer entrants to the field such as Anduril,\nare proudly supporting—and quietly shaping—US national defense, whether by\nproviding spies and soldiers with AI and cloud-computing tools or actual\nmilitary hardware such as microwave weapons, hypersonic missiles, and advanced\ndrones. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nThe implications of this historic shift are poorly understood and fraught with\nperil. What happens when mercurial billionaires like Elon Musk control weapons\nand technologies that were once the preserve of the US government? How will\nthis new military-industrial complex affect the way wars are fought, or even \u003ci\u003ewhich\u003c\/i\u003e\nwars are fought? That is the urgent question before us today, at the dawn of\nthis new era—and as Weinberger reveals, it is one on which our collective\nfuture might well hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46152204157135,"sku":"9780316615792","price":34.88,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_a056b2c5-8586-4c85-9c69-c3fa31e87383.jpg?v=1790214969","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/valley-of-death-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}