Angela Huyue Zhang and Robert Skidelsky for PS Read More

Digital Empires, by Anu Bradford; The Logic of Governance in China, by Xueguang Zhou; and more The PS Say More Newsletter [PS Read More]( In this week's edition of PS Read More, we share recommendations from Angela Huyue Zhang, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Philip K. H. Center for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong, and highlight a recent work by Robert Skidelsky, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University. [Grand Strategies of the Left: The Foreign Policy of Progressive Worldmaking]( By Van Jackson “Jackson provides scholars, students, policymakers, and analysts with an invaluable map of 'state of the art’ in progressive thinking about foreign policy…[and] offers his own, bold vision for a grand strategy worthy of progressive values. This is a must-read for anyone – left, right, or center – interested in US foreign policy.” – Daniel Nexon, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University Sponsored by Cambridge University Press Angela Huyue Zhang Recommends... [The Logic of Governance in China: An Organizational Approach]( By Xueguang Zhou "If you are seeking to decipher the country’s complex governance mechanisms and bureaucratic reasoning, look no further. Zhou offers a lucid and comprehensive analysis of China’s governance system, and his organizational perspective sheds light on the underlying political logic driving many administrative decisions. Zhou’s work significantly influenced my latest book, [High Wire]( – in particular, my analysis of the 2020-22 tech crackdown." [Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology]( By [Anu Bradford]( "Bradford offers a thorough comparative analysis of the regulatory frameworks in the world’s three superpowers: the US, the EU, and China. Bradford’s deep exploration of the regulatory dynamics in these jurisdictions and their interactions can go a long way toward elucidating today’s geopolitics-driven tech rivalries. Digital Empires is a must-read for anyone who is interested in technology policy and governance." Don't miss our recent Say More interview with Zhang, in which she warns that China’s approach to regulating artificial intelligence could lead to a crisis, highlights the impact of the market’s deep-seated mistrust of the Chinese legal system, and more. [Read now]( By a PS Contributor [The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning]( By Robert Skidelsky Skidelsky says: "The thread that led me to The Machine Age started with a [short essay]( by John Maynard Keynes, published in 1930, called 'Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,' in which he suggested that, in the future (meaning today), machines would increase productivity so much that humans would be able to work just three hours per day. My 2012 book [How Much Is Enough?: Money and the Good Life]( which I wrote with my son Edward, aimed to explain why this hasn’t happened. In The Machine Age, I delve further into the relationship between humans and work, encountering on the way Joseph Needhan’s famous question: Why did the Industrial Revolution not originate in China? But my inquiry sprouted additional legs. I came to believe that machines might be liberating for some purposes, but highly entrapping for others. This brought me to the great dystopian trio: Yevgeny Zamyatin, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. And I could not write a book about machines in our current era without addressing the threat AI poses to our physical survival. My personal response to the 'machine challenge' is not to invent and deploy ever cleverer machines, but neo-Luddism: to stop all investment in AI development, except for specially sanctioned purposes (such as to alleviate suffering). But I have come to believe that we will have to suffer a plague of locusts before any such determination is possible. 'For such things must come to pass, but the end shall not be yet' (Matthew 24:6)." [PS. Save 30% on a new Digital subscription with our special introductory offer.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter does not entitle the recipient to re-publish any of the content it contains. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.