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Four are published and free to read in the browser, and they do not assume an order: begin with the question you actually have. The rest are being written, and each lands the same way, in the browser, in English and Dutch, with nothing to install.","books.library.guides.detailKicker":"How the shelf works","books.library.guides.detailLeft":"Ground truth is the broadest starting point. It explains the vocabulary, mathematics, learning methods, modern model families, and social questions in one route through the field.","books.library.guides.detailRight":"The other three books go deeper without assuming an order. The Builder works through classical machine learning. The Archivist follows AI's history through its people. 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Each report takes a public question, defines the system around it, and follows the evidence through law, institutions, infrastructure, incentives, and practical consequences.","books.library.reports.detailKicker":"Two investigations, two systems","books.library.reports.detailLeft":"The Sovereignty Illusion examines the gap between European claims of digital control and the dependencies that determine who can actually act, change course, or leave. Nine chapters follow the contracts, vendors, cloud arrangements and policy choices behind that gap.","books.library.reports.detailRight":"Traffic Safety in the Netherlands studies road safety as a system, including evidence, human behaviour, institutions, policy choices, and the limits of automation claims. 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