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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't

de Nate Silver

"Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise is The Soul of a New Machine for the 21st century."

—Rachel Maddow, author of Drift

Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted...

Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government

de Gavin Newsom & Lisa Dickey

"Citizenville offers both an impassioned plea for more tech-enabled government and a tour d'horizon of the ways some governments have begun using technology to good effect... a fast-paced and engaging read"...

Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi

de Steve Inskeep

From the host of NPR's Morning Edition, a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world.

In recent decades,...