Bookmarks: Paging Through New Works from Lawrentians
Literary Lawrenceville alumni examine ancient life between the Tigris and Euphrates, a firsthand account from the Almighty, and the promise and perils of the world’s biggest AI platform.
Moudhy Al-Rashid ’01
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. Here, Al-Rashid, an honorary fellow at the University of Oxford’s Wolfson College, reveals what these ancient people chose to record about their lives, allowing us to brush hands with them millennia later.
Bob Maguire ’68 P’96 ’00
If I Were God: How I Would Have Done It
Narrated by God Himself, this is a laugh-out-loud, edgy, yet kindhearted exploration of the beliefs of major world religions that will appeal to atheists, agnostics, and believers of all stripes, including religious philosophers, apologists, and others interested in the interplay of religious studies, sociology, and science.
Karen Hao ’11
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Naked power finds the ideology to cloak itself; no one thinks they’re the bad guy. Deeply reported with intimate access to Altman’s OpenAI from the beginning, this is an eye-opening account of what might be the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, with a focus on the company driving the frenzy. Read more about her here.