The Technological Republic

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From a Palantir co-founder and his deputy comes a sweeping indictment of the West’s complacency, highlighting how timid leadership and a narrow view of technology's potential in Silicon Valley have left the U.S. vulnerable amid rising global threats. Silicon Valley has strayed from its roots, where brilliant engineers collaborated with government to develop transformative technologies that secured the West's geopolitical dominance. This relationship has deteriorated, leading to dangerous consequences. Today, the market rewards superficial engagement, with engineers creating trivial applications instead of addressing pressing challenges. This complacency permeates academia, politics, and corporate culture, resulting in a generation focused solely on the demands of a late capitalist economy. In this groundbreaking critique, Karp and Zamiska argue that to maintain a global edge and protect our freedoms, the software industry must recommit to tackling urgent issues, including the AI arms race. They call for a government that embraces the engineering mindset and for leaders to reject intellectual fragility, encouraging ideological confrontation. This book is both iconoclastic and rigorous, revealing insights into Palantir and advocating for a renewed ambition