# Ink & Time > Your source for book discovery, intellectual provocation and curated literary resources to help you better navigate today's world. This file provides information about Ink & Time to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Against Empire hits Amazon #1 Best Seller & #1 Hot New Release](https://timewarp.media/p/against-empire-hits-amazon-1-best-seller): Get it on Kindle for just $5 while promotional launch pricing continues through 6 July. - [New Release: Against Empire, The Definitive Anti-Imperialist Reader](https://timewarp.media/p/new-release-against-empire-the-definitive-anti-imperialist-reader): Grab your copy with special promotional prices during the July 4th holiday weekend - [Reading the Patriots who were Against Empire](https://timewarp.media/p/reading-the-patriots-who-were-against-empire): Celebrate America's 250th with those who advocated for a continental republic instead of an imperial empire. - [Waning Consent of the Governed](https://timewarp.media/p/waning-consent-of-the-governed): Why we should re-read presidential hopeful William Jennings Bryan's lucid arguments Against Empire at America's 250th - [Anticipating an AI that builds itself](https://timewarp.media/p/ai-that-builds-itself): Learn why "Recursive self-improvement," once the realm of science fiction, is sparking both enthusiasm and anxiety - [Patriotism at the Crossroads](https://timewarp.media/p/patriotism-at-the-crossroads): Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a patriotic Anti-Imperialist Reader - [Withdrawal from society is not a strategy, it is Against Nature](https://timewarp.media/p/withdrawal-from-society-is-against-nature): What a decadent French novel from 1884 reveals about AI-era elites building escape pods from civilization - [The State of AI: From surveillance to synthetic reality](https://timewarp.media/p/the-state-of-ai-surveillance-synthetic-reality): AI-powered censorship is operational at scale. Five forgotten writers diagnosed its principles decades before the technology existed. - [A Hundred Years of Oil! Has Anything Really Changed?](https://timewarp.media/p/a-hundred-years-of-oil): The politics of black gold were sketched in 1927 by muckraking novelist Upton Sinclair. The shock of 2026 would not surprise him. - [What Iran looks like when you read it](https://timewarp.media/p/iran-when-you-read-it): Western audiences are anxiously watching a country they've never read. Meet nine authors whose literary works provide texture to understand and build bridges. - [Runaway Tech is like a Fire Horse on the Loose](https://timewarp.media/p/runaway-tech-fire-horse): As we welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse, a classic Japanese tale of blind idealism reminds us of the dangers of unmanaged technology - [Remastered Classics for Instant Download](https://timewarp.media/p/remastered-classics-digital): Get reading. Get smarter. Get refreshed literary treasures direct to your laptop, tablet or e-reader. Plus deeper dives and free chapters inside! - [America's Authoritarian Overreach](https://timewarp.media/p/authoritarian-overreach-america): As Executive power expands, ICE detention numbers rise, and citizens debate if the United States is becoming authoritarian, The Iron Heel provides historical perspective. - [Anti-Imperialism: Then, why not now?](https://timewarp.media/p/anti-imperialism-then-why-not-now): The writings of The Anti-Imperialist League (1898) speak directly to our changing world order - [What if Our Machine Stops?](https://timewarp.media/p/what-if-our-machine-stops): Our fatal dependence on technology is the subject of a classic sci-fi story. It's a provocation for our AI moment. - [Predictions for 2026](https://timewarp.media/p/predictions-for-2026): A look back at our favorite 9 books profiled in 2025 and what we can glean about the year ahead. - [The "Very Worst" Christmas Story ](https://timewarp.media/p/the-very-worst-christmas-story): Why Dickens’ Most Hated Book is His Most Essential for us in 2025 - [2026 is the Year of the Robot](https://timewarp.media/p/2026-is-the-year-of-the-robot): Read our upgraded Metropolis and you'll see why reality is creepier than fiction, until fiction becomes reality - [Robots don't have feelings, right?](https://timewarp.media/p/robots-feelings): Big Tech bosses are determined to find out. Read R.U.R. by Capek to understand why it's so consequential for humanity. - [Top 10 Political Thrillers from the Early 20th Century ](https://timewarp.media/p/top-10-early-20c-political-thrillers): Tuesday Curation: If political headlines got you down, get thrilled by these still riveting stories, many more relevant than ever. - [They're Telling you What to Read](https://timewarp.media/p/the-iron-heel): Orwell’s 1984 is trending again. The book you actually need to read is The Iron Heel, by Jack London. Here's why. - [Get on the Reading Train!](https://timewarp.media/p/get-on-the-reading-train): Tuesday Curation: 10 works that reflect the origins, growth, societal impacts and enduring legacy of two centuries of railways. - [Oblomov Falls in Love](https://timewarp.media/p/oblomov-falls-in-love): An excerpt from Part II, Chapter 1 wherein Oblomov is inspired to get out of bed, to start reading books again, and perhaps even to pay a compliment. - [Before ‘Enshittification’: 13 Classics that Called Out Corporate Power](https://timewarp.media/p/classics-that-called-out-corporate-power): Tuesday Curation: Timeless fiction and nonfiction picks that predicted today’s platform monopolies, PR spin, and labor squeeze. - [Is Modern Loneliness Inevitable?](https://timewarp.media/p/is-modern-loneliness-inevitable): It's easy to blame social media, remote work isolation or the loss of "third places." Japan's most famous author says it's an essential feature of modernity.