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“Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.” —Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall...

This podcast uses the fictional events of Prime Target as a lens to explore real-world challenges in today’s digital era—cryptography, cyberattacks, surveillance, and the ethics of information security. Each episode, 6 total, connects narrative moments from the series to the broader implications of controlling, protecting, and weaponizing information in our connected world. This podcast is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to the creators of Prime Target. We use the series as a lens to explore broader themes—cryptography, secrecy, power dynamics, and the ethics of...

In their bestselling first book, Prediction Machines, eminent economists Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb explained the simple yet game-changing economics of AI. Now, in Power and Prediction, they go deeper, examining the most basic unit of analysis: the decision. The authors explain that the two key decision-making ingredients are prediction and judgment, and we perform both together in our minds, often without realizing it.

Pathological mind games. Covert and overt put-downs. Triangulation. Gaslighting. Projection. These are the manipulative tactics survivors of malignant narcissists are unfortunately all too familiar with. As victims of silent crimes where the perpetrators are rarely held accountable, survivors of narcissistic abuse have lived in a war zone of epic proportions, enduring an abuse cycle of love-bombing and devaluation - psychological violence on steroids.