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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Signal and the Noise The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was th… OL16700318W
The Resourceful earth The Resourceful earth Herman Kahn,Julian Lincoln Simon "We are confident that the nature of the physical world permits continued improvement in humankind's economic lot in the long rung run, indefinitely. Of course there are always newly arising local pr… OL17915728W
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. Censorship works not by blocking the flow of information, but rather by flooding people with disinformation and distractions. 21 Lesson… OL17917961W
What remains to be discovered What remains to be discovered John Royden Maddox [O]n the eve of the millennium the question about science's future reappears. In his widely discussed 1996 book, ''The End of Science,'' John Horgan argued that, indeed, the end is nigh: The big disc… OL1922522W
Het tijdperk van de levende computers Het tijdperk van de levende computers Raymond Kurzweil Visie van een mogelijke combinering in de nabije toekomst van de intuïtie van de mens en de intelligentie van de computer. OL26186264W
The World Is Flat The World Is Flat Thomas L. Friedman When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, what will they say was the most crucial development at the dawn of the 21st century--the attacks of 9/11, or the convergence of tec… OL3740423W
Preparing for the twenty-first century Preparing for the twenty-first century Gerd. Hörmann,Paul M. Kennedy Une analyse de la situation mondiale et des relations internationales; énumération des grands défis auxquels le monde et les Etats auront à faire face en entrant dans le 21e siècle. [SDM]. OL3907746W
Foresight Foresight Deni Loveridge "Since the early 1990s interest in foresight has undergone one of its periodic resurgences and has led to a rapid growth in formal foresight studies backed by governments and transnational institutio… OL9352101W