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Future science
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Max Brockman |
"Editor Max Brockman introduces the work of some of today's brightest and most innovative young scientists in this fascinating and exciting collection of writings that describe the very boundaries of… |
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Persistent forecasting of disruptive technologies
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies |
"Technological innovations are key causal agents of surprise and disruption. In the recent past, the United States military has encountered unexpected challenges in the battlefield due in part to the… |
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Abundance
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Steven Kotler,Peter H. Diamandis |
roviding abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to meet it.
We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. … |
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Darwin's devices
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John Long |
"What happens when we let robots play the game of life? The challenge of studying evolution is that the history of life is buried in the past--we can't witness the dramatic events that shaped the ada… |
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ההיסטוריה של המחר
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Yuval Noah Harari |
Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor d… |
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2030
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Amy Zuckerman |
by Amy Zuckerman and Jim Daly, illustrated by John Manders (Dutton, 2009).
A talking dog, a housecleaning robot and a three-dimensional "data orb" are among the many cool features that kids might en… |
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Life 3.0
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Max Tegmark |
"How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology-… |
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The future, declassified
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Mathew Burrows |
"Twenty-five years ago when Mathew Burrows went to work for the CIA as an intelligence analyst, the world seemed frozen. Then came the fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union; s… |
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism
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Aaron Bastani |
In his first book, leading political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we might move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9… |
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Freaky future
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Mark Frary |
This is your very own pocket time machine, springing you headfirst into the not-so distant future. This compendium of futuristic forethought boldly strides into the realms of tomorrow, unleashing the… |
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The future
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Richard Watson |
"What will the world look like in 2020, 2030 or even 2100? How will progress in scientific research affect human life in the areas of health and lifestyle, energy and the environment, politics and co… |
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An optimist's tour of the future
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Mark Stevenson |
Ever heard of transhumans? Humans saved from aging through artificial spare parts. They're coming soon. So too are intelligent robots, revolutionary biotech, benign engineering and commercial space f… |
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Utopien
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Susanne Päch |
200 p. : 27 cm |
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The Meaning of the 21st Century
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James Martin sj |
According to James Martin-known as "the guru of the Information Age"-humanity is at a crucial turning point. If we succeed in finding ways to support massive gains in population combined with dizzyin… |
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Work in the 21st Century
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Gunther Klaus,David M. Roderick,Herbert E. Gerson,Louis P. Britt III,Glenn Watts,Reginald Dale,Eleanor Holmes Norton,Nancy Smith Barrett,Isaac Asimov,John Immerwahr,George C. Lodge,Orrin Hatch,Caroline Bird,Pat Choate,Abraham Zaleznik,S. Norman Feingold,Daniel Yankelovich |
Change will prove beneficial only if tomorrow's leadership canameliorate the tensions / Abraham Zaleznik
The emergence of expressivism will revolutionize the contract between workers and employers /… |
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