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Reminder: Burned by Billionaires Book Talk at the Library – 3/5/26
Book Talk with Author at Walpole Library:
Burned by Billionaires by Chuck Collins
Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 pm
At Walpole’s Bridge Memorial Library
Don’t miss this engaging talk followed by a Q&A.
Books signed by the author will be available for sale.
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet by Chuck Collins is a book that argues extreme wealth concentration among the ultra-rich negatively impacts society, politics, and the planet, leading to issues like political hijacking, housing crises, and environmental damage. Collins, a scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, details how the actions of the top 0.01% rig the system in their favor, undermining democracy and creating a “myth of meritocracy”. The book serves as both a critique and a call to action, offering solutions for a more equitable society with universal abundance.
Seating is limited. RSVP is required by emailing rsvp.walpole@gmail.com. Please indicate if you would like to join the event via Zoom, and we will send you the link before the event.
Sponsored by Working for Democracy
Main Library Closed Today – 2/19/26
Due to the forecasted storm, the Main library will NOT be open today. The North Walpole branch IS OPEN until 1 pm. Come on in and say “hi”.
Great Decisions at the Library – 11/10/25
Great Decisions meets this Monday at 6 pm, Main Library
Our next “Great Decisions” topic – “AI and our National Security” – elicits high anxiety among many of us as we consider the unprecedented risks and challenges of this rapidly developing technology. The threats to cybersecurity, national defense and personal privacy, the dangers of mass surveillance, use of unreliable AI technologies in law enforcement, social media bots and insufficient industry self-regulation are among many concerns. What is being done to address these risks? Is there enforceable global governance of artificial intelligence? So many questions surround these amazing developments that you would rather not think about it…but AI is a high tech tsunami that has already hit us.
We will meet in the Walpole Town Library on Monday, November 10, at 6:00 pm. The relevant reading from the Foreign Policy Association is “AI and American National Security,” by Julie George. A copy of this article can be emailed to you upon request sent to Library Director Jane Malmberg: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org If you are joining via Zoom, please request the Zoom link from Jane Malmberg prior to the meeting and join at 6:30 pm, after the “Master Class” video.
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