A Promised Land
by Barack Obama, Francisco José Ramos Mena, Efrén del Valle Peñamil, Marcos Pérez Sánchez, Carmen Mercedes Cáceres, Andrés Barba Muñiz · first published 2020
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A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest politic
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I enjoyed reading 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama. Learned so much about American politics and America's international policies. Learned more about life at White House and around DC.
on “My Favorite Books 2020” ↗The search seems down. No matter what I input the result is "Unable to find that title" Terms used: - 1984 - Zero to one - A Promised Land
on “Show HN: An anti-book recommendation tool, to help you escape your echo chamber” ↗…the quasi-legal nature of the industry doesn’t really get at the interesting part, which is _what motivates our leaders to allow surveillance in the first place_. I recently completed Barack Obama’s A Promised Land (a partial account of his presidency), and he mentions in his book that although he wanted to reform mass surveillance, it looked a little different once he was actually responsible for people’s safety.…
on “Surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking” ↗…people in US can be misled by fake news, India stood little chance. Facebook and WhatsApp have been used effectively to brainwash the general public in India. As Barack Obama described in his new book 'Promised Land', the chances of democracy surviving in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious poor country like India was precarious at best. BJP and RSS has effectively made sure that democracy dies in India
on “Why I’m Losing Hope in India” ↗…because every actor can only tell their own facet, and I'm not smart enough to connect the dots. Obama promised to end Guantánamo Bay's detentions. I've long wanted to know why that didn't happen. His book Promised Land lists some of the challenges, but left me with more questions. My takeaway is that a cleanup effort that tries to follow the rules is all but impossible when the mess was created by ignoring the rules.…
on “‘Enemy combatant’ held at Guantánamo petitions for release because war is over” ↗"To illustrate the economics of e-book lending, the N.Y.P.L. sent me its January, 2021, figures for “A Promised Land,” the memoir by Barack Obama that had been published a few months earlier by Penguin Random House. At that point, the library system had purchased three hundred and ten perpetual audiobook licenses at…
on “An app called Libby and the big business of library e-books” ↗> Obama promised to to stop Guantánamo Bay's detention. I've long wanted to know why that didn't happen. His book Promised Land lists some of the challenges, but left me with more questions. My takeaway is that a cleanup effort that tries to follow the rules is all but impossible when the mess was created by ignoring the rules.…
on “‘Enemy combatant’ held at Guantánamo petitions for release because war is over” ↗…I just watch YouTube instead. I get book fatigue so reading back-to-back books is harder than it used to be. I typically read a book a month, but that can vary greatly. Right now I'm reading Obama's A Promised Land, but typically I prefer fiction. I read because it's nice and keeps me from being bored and watching stupid crap on TV or YT.
on “Ask HN: How much do you read and what do you get from it?” ↗…surveillance system is part of the bigger tracking program, which the Chinese authority has used to harass and intimidate journalists [2] (see this comment for more [3]). And according to the memoir “A Promised Land”, even Obama and his staff were worried about Chinese surveillance during their stay at the Beijing hotel (see this review [4] or this summary [5]): “To make calls involving national security matters…
on “Steam has been banned in China” ↗Obama wrote in his book "Promised Land", talking about campaign appearances: > Once my speech was over and I walked off the stage to shake hands along the rope line, I often found people screaming, pushing, and grabbing. Some would cry or…
on “Please Don't Idolize Me (Or Anyone, Really)” ↗…pay for the ebook or what a physical book costs. See https://archive.is/Ha3VQ for one example: > To illustrate the economics of e-book lending, the N.Y.P.L. sent me its January, 2021, figures for “A Promised Land,” the memoir by Barack Obama that had been published a few months earlier by Penguin Random House. At that point, the library system had purchased three hundred and ten perpetual audiobook licenses at…
on “Anna's Archive Hit with $19.5M Default Judgment and Global Domain Takedown Order” ↗