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Overcoming Information Chaos — Upriver Press

McIntyre's work is essential reading for our times! Upriver Press is publishing a complementary book, "Overcoming Information Chaos," written by fourteen leading media, journalism, and legal scholars. More at: www.upriverpress.com/home/overcom...

"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book because there would be no one who wanted to read one."

— Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

#books #reading #criticalthinking #medialiteracy

Upriver Press Policy on AI and Publishing — Upriver Press Why Upriver Press will not use AI for book publishing.

Upriver Press will not use AI for any aspect of publishing our books. Read some of our reasons here: www.upriverpress.com/news/ai-policy

#AI #books #publishing

The Shady Economics of International Aid — Upriver Press While supporting the importance of humanitarian aid, this book shows that economic development programs rarely bring about meaningful changes. As the economic data shows, many developing countries ha...

"To evaluate the workings of [economic development] agencies ... we need rigorous economic analysis," says Cambridge University PhD Saeed Ahmed. "The Shady Economics of International Aid" provides solutions to help millions of people.
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#IMF #worldbank #poverty

Banned Books Week starts October 5. Books banned yesterday, challenged today, and censored tomorrow often share one trait: they ask us to think differently. At Upriver Press, that’s exactly what scholarship is meant to do. #CensorshipIsSo1984 #UniteAgainstBookBans @uabookbans.bsky.social

Mark Twain: "Life . . . consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's mind."

Mark Twain if alive today: "Life . . . consists mainly of the storm of chatbot responses that is forever blowing through an algorithm."

#AI #criticalthinking #medialiteracy

Thanks to Eric Topol for debunking what will be a rising tide of disinformation about #autism. False info will hurt autistic people and their families. To better understand autism, "You, Me, and Autism" by autistic scholar Phoebe Jordan is a helpful tool. www.upriverpress.com/home/you-me-...

AI Is Not Inevitable Upriver Press Book Review

"Empire of AI" by @karenhao.bsky.social is a brilliant work of journalism. AI business leaders and investors are reshaping our economy without citizens' input. Fantastic book! There is a better way. Read our review at: upriverpress.substack.com/p/ai-is-not-...

#AI #bookreview #technology #economy

Regardless of users' political leanings, Bluesky is better than the others because it is operated in an ethical manner. Thank you!

We all need to help Bluesky stay civil and thoughtful by practicing good media literacy skills. www.upriverpress.com/home/overcom...

French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1650: "Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed."

Blaise Pascal in 2025: "Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a reed that types chatbot prompts."

#AI

Articles like this, which are based in facts rather than conspiracy theories, are important. The new Upriver Press book "You, Me, and Autism," by autistic PhD candidate provides even more depth and understanding for parents and employers. www.upriverpress.com/home/you-me-...

#autism

For the record, Upriver Press does not use artificial intelligence for any aspect of publishing our books (editorial, publicity, etc.). We refuse all submissions of books generated by AI. We love humans, not machines. See our full AI policy at this link: www.upriverpress.com/news

#publishing #AI

Inequality by Design — Upriver Press

Inequality in America has been growing since the early 1980s. The new Upriver Press book "Inequality by Design" shows how it impacts average people and what we can do to help. More at: www.upriverpress.com/home/inequal...

Civic polarization is facilitated by our media ecosystem, in which disinformation and conspiracy theories are empowered to spread freely. The new Upriver Press book "Overcoming Information Chaos" addresses our collective plight and how to respond. Coming soon! www.upriverpress.com/home/overcom...

On the importance of pursuing factual information:

"When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts, it makes only chaos." -- Edith Hamilton

"The facts are always friendly. Every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true." -- Carl Rogers

Upriver Press author Phoebe Jordan is a great example of how top universities can enable autistic people to make great contributions. Learn more about her at: www.upriverpress.com/home/you-me-...

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter José Rivera says Writing the Biographical Drama guides writers into the "joys, challenges, and secrets of writing a biographical drama for stage and cinema." A unique book for a profitable genre.

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#screenwriting #playwriting

Trillion dollar company, and that's the best they can do . . .

The RAND Corporation study on “Trends in Income from 1975 to 2018” found that $50 trillion flowed from the bottom 99 percent of the American population to the top 1 percent. The economy's rules work against average Americans.

More at: www.upriverpress.com/home/inequal...

#inequality

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

Good news for everyone who cares about protecting intellectual property rights in publishing. AI companies can't steal copyrighted books or use those that have been stolen by other entities. $1.5 billion settlement. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...

#anthropic #AI #publishing #copyrights

Overcoming Information Chaos — Upriver Press

This is also called "prebunking." Our new book titled "Overcoming Information Chaos" addresses this helpful tactic (and others). www.upriverpress.com/home/overcom...

Dr. Saeed Ahmed (PhD in economics from Cambridge) argues that the global economic development aid system needs to be reformed, if we want to help the world's neediest people. Watch our interview with the author here: www.upriverpress.com/home/the-sha...

#Worldbank #IMF #economics #poverty

Tariffs are taxes paid either by US citizens or companies. So, if the $15T is true (it's not), then DJT is saying the American people will be forced to pay a massive tax hike.

The great political philosopher Hannah Arendt said: "Unthinking men are like sleepwalkers."

Imagine what society will be like if we allow chatbots to do all the thinking for us . . .

#artificialintelligence

Against the odds, nonverbal autistic Brookline teen gets accepted into MIT - The Boston Globe The teen spent most of his schooling in classrooms where he was perceived to be intellectually disabled — a misdiagnosis that delayed his ability to access the support he needed.

A few political leaders say that autistic people cannot be productive citizens. This story shows the opposite, as does Upriver Press author Phoebe Jordan (see upriverpress.com).

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#autism #autismawareness

US Constitution in 1776: "We the people . . ." US Constitution if it were written in 2025: "We the Big Tech chatbots . . ."

#democracy #artificialintelligence #medialiteracy #civics

Award criteria need to evolve

ICYMI: Small presses are often where the most exciting and innovative work is happening in literature today. Their founders are not hobbyists uploading a file to Amazon, they are part of the beating heart of publishing, says Ekta Bajaj 👇 #BookSky

The Association for American Publishers just reported that the US book industry continues to thrive. "Final estimates from the Association of American Publishers showed that total sales rose 4.1% to $32.5 billion last year, while unit sales increased 3.4%, to $3.1 billion."

#books #reading

"To read human sentiments in human language you must be able to read humanly, with all of you ... Read deeply, not to believe, not to contradict, but to learn to share in that one nature that writes and reads." -- literary critic Harold Bloom in "How to Read and Why."

#books #reading

Overcoming Information Chaos — Upriver Press

Upriver Press author Danielle Reiff spoke about how media literacy can protect democracy. Watch it here: www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Her book, Overcoming Information Chaos, which is cowritten by 14 remarkable authors, goes on sale October 1. Learn more:
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