New Release How Minds Are Made
Understanding artificial intelligence from the inside out
by Audrey Erbert
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From the Dispatches "The Quiet Math of Enough"
What if the goal was never more, but rather, finally, sufficient?
by Marie Ortega-Sterling
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Spring 2026 Three Books. One Season.
First Principles Thinking, Small Enough to Matter, and Always Longer than Expected are all arriving this spring.
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