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The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future, once the immediate COVID crisis has passed? In A Duty of Care, Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before corona) and AC (after corona). He looks back to beginnings when, during wartime, Sir William Beveridge identified the 'five giants' on the road to recovery: want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness and laid the foundations for the modern welfare state. 

Where Will Man Take Us? explores the changes technology is bringing about in us - as a society and as a species. What will the next generation turn into, what will it be like, how will the new Adam and Eve live and love? In this audiobook, Atul Jalan tackles nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and genetics, seamlessly weaving the future of technology with the changing dynamics of human love, morality, and ethics.

Se explican las implicaciones económicas del desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial.

Rund um den Globus kippt angesichts der drohenden Klimakatastrophe die Stimmung, und der Protest der Millennials gegen eine Politik, die ihre Zukunft zerstört, wird immer lauter. Gleichzeitig sitzt die Welt angesichts alternativer Technologien auf einer 100-Billionen-Dollar-Blase aus Investitionen in fossile Brennstoffe. Zukunftsforscher Jeremy Rifkin zeigt, wie aus dieser Konstellation die einmalige Chance auf einen Green New Deal entsteht. Seine Warnung: Der ökonomische Kollaps unserer Zivilisation steht unmittelbar bevor.

Известный писатель и журналист Стивен Котлер уже не раз рассказывал нам о тех поворотных моментах в истории, когда научная фантастика становится научным фактом и полностью переворачивает наш мир.

World peace: Though it means different things to different people, it is a concept that man has strived for, since history began. By examining different political and religious philosophies through history, science, and especially the holy scriptures, Richard Milligan provides the only possible hope for this universal goal. 

Can you, virtual reality user or augmented reality user play your favorite game after drinking a large bottle of tequila? This audiobook discusses the golden safety rules for you as a virtual reality or augmented reality user from best practice point of view not from manufacturing point of view! It tells you what those virtual reality or augmented reality companies won't tell you or they will lose money if they told you! But someone must tell you!

For decades, science-fiction writers have amazed us and terrorized us with their portrayal of the world of artificial intelligence - from armies of cyborgs to legions of programmed zombies. Today we are now living in that future age of robots and artificial intelligence, and all those dreams of the past are coming true.

This audiobook begins with explaining some known methods for time travel. It also explains "Humanity Timeline Theory" in more details. It also describes the relationship between "Humanity Timeline Theory" and relativity theory.

The rise of artificial technology has seen a total change in the way we live our lives, interact, and function in the world. It has infiltrated our reality at every given turn and there appears to be no turning back now. Data science, advanced algorithms, and pattern recognition are now becoming so advanced, but what are the consequences for this progress and has anybody stopped to think about the potential consequences to our innate humanness and spirit?

For decades, science-fiction writers have amazed us and terrorized us with their portrayal of the world of artificial intelligence - from armies of cyborgs to legions of programmed zombies. Today, we are now living in that future age of robots and artificial intelligence and all those dreams of the past are coming true. Mechanical robots will soon be outdated with biologically created humanoids connected to each other across the globe. They will self-repair, gather energy from the sun, and live forever. They will be all-knowing and all-powerful like Gods that will walk the Earth.

The human population is growing at an alarming rate that cannot be sustained by current systems. The world has seen a 200 percent increase in the population rate from 1950 to the present day, putting humanity on the verge of self-destruction for all life on Earth. We are running out of fossil fuels, food supplies, and space while seeking to create more and more power to energize our modern world. The prognosis is bleak unless we find a way to create power and harness alternative energy to keep up with our current unsustainable demand.

Die technischen Möglichkeiten und das Wissen der Menschheit explodieren. Robotik, künstliche Intelligenz und Gentechnologie machen uns zu Zeugen eines regelrechten Zeitenbruchs - doch wir sind blind für die Gefahren dieser Entwicklung. Wir drücken uns vor den entscheidenden gesellschaftlichen Fragen und vor grundlegenden Reformen, die unser politisches, ökonomisches und soziales System auf diese Zeitenwende vorbereiten.

Epiphany Z is futurist Thomas Frey’s dynamic approach to envisioning, comprehending, and ultimately thriving in the radically different futures emerging around us at the speed of light. Distilling decades of research, experience, and proven success in correctly identifying and accurately extrapolating today’s trends and innovations into tomorrow’s realities, Thomas Frey gives you an advance ticket to the most explosive period of change in all of human history.

Verden har altid stået foran store udfordringer, men i disse år synes panderynkerne hos magthavere og meningsdannere i Vesten at være dybere end tidligere. Kan vores nationer og institutioner klare presset fra den voldsomme migration, de stigende klimaudfordringer, religionskonflikter og en ustyrlig global økonomi? Per Stig Møller giver i "De fire isbjerge: en fortælling om verdens tilstand" sin analyse af disse fire, ifølge den tidligere udenrigsminister, mest presserende dagsordener.

How smart machines are transforming us all - and what we should do about it. The smart machines revolution is reshaping our lives and our societies. Here, Nigel Shadbolt (one of Britain’s leading authorities on artificial intelligence) and Roger Hampson dispel terror, confusion and misconception. We are not about to be elbowed aside by a rebel army of superintelligent robots of our own creation. We were using tools before we became Homo sapiens and will continue to control them. How we exercise that control - in our private lives, in employment, in politics - and make the best of the wonderful opportunities will determine our collective future well-being.

Millionen Muslime sind in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten als Gastarbeiter überwiegend aus der Türkei, als Flüchtlinge aus Syrien und anderen Staaten des Nahen Ostens nach Deutschland gekommen. Hamed Abdel-Samad rechnet ab mit der Politik, die die Integration zu lange konterkariert, und den Muslimen, die sich in Parallelgesellschaften verbarrikadiert haben. Deutsch-Türken unterstützen Erdogan, in Europa geborene Muslime verüben Terroranschläge. Hamed Abdel-Samad prangert die integrationsverhindernden Elemente der islamischen Kultur an. Er rechnet aber auch mit europäischen Integrationslügen ab.

In this volume of the MIT Press's Essential Knowledge series, Nick Montfort argues that the future is something to be made, not predicted. Montfort offers what he considers essential knowledge about the future, as seen in the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers (mainly in Western culture) who developed and described the core components of the futures they envisioned. Montfort's approach is not that of futurology or scenario planning; instead, he reports on the work of making the future - the thinkers who devoted themselves to writing pages in the unwritten book.

Aging kills about 100,000 humans each day. If you help to hasten the defeat of aging by just one day, then you can potentially save 100,000 lives. About 36,500,000 humans die each year from aging. Nothing is more tragic than aging. This book is meant to spread the message that defeating aging is both feasible and desirable. This book is about why funding should be increased for longevity research.

The future is big right now - for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should "create the future." What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next?