mapping the future
Mapping the Future
Mapping the Future offers new work by all 30 writers supported by The Complete Works project, including Warsan Shire, Raymond Antrobus, Mona Arshi, Roger Robinson, Inua Ellams, Malika Booker, Sarah Howe, Will Harris, Kayo Chingonyi, Jay Bernard, Yomi Sode and Karen McCarthy Woolf. In 2008 the level of poets of color published by major presses in the UK was less than 1%. By 2020 it was over 20%. The Complete Works Poetry – an initiative spearheaded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo – played a significant role in this change. Supporting 30 poets over a twelve-year period, The Complete Works produced an unprecedented number of prizewinners, including the Forward Prizes, T.S. Eliot Prize, Ted Hughes Award, Somerset Maugham Award, Dylan Thomas Prize, Rathbones Folio Prize and Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. TCW Fellows have also gone on to judge every major poetry award, and to take on significant roles in academia and translation, publishing over 40 collections. The Complete Works has become the most successful collective ever formed in British poetry. Mapping the Future is not just a magnificent anthology of some of the best UK poets, it is also an exploration on how poetry in Britain has become much more inclusive over the past 15 years: what has been won, and what is still being fought for. As well as poetry, the anthology also includes fierce essays re-drawing the map of British poetry by 10 of the 30 poets, touching on the most significant topics of our time.This anthology offers a timely insight into British poetry and how the voice of the ‘other’ continues to take centre-stage in pivotal times. Mapping the Future is edited by poet Karen McCarthy Woolf, editor of the second two Ten anthologies in The Complete Works series, with Dr Nathalie Teitler, director of The Complete Works, with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo.Shortlisted for the poetry category of the Sky Arts Awards 2024
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Mapping the North - Charlotta Forss
Maps have played a central role in our understanding of what and where the north is. At the same time, the northernmost reaches of our world have, for much of history, been difficult to navigate and verify, from the mythical islands on medieval maps to the itineraries of Arctic explorers in the nineteenth century. This has inspired inventive mapping strategies, as well as ongoing struggles to define what constitutes believable cartographic information. This beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a journey to examine the rich, and sometimes contentious, history of how mapmakers have understood and processed knowledge about a region they described as â ˜the northâ ™. In the process of mapping, the north as a place changed from an inaccessible and vividly imagined unknown to a region claimed and exploited by southern nations. What emerges is a riveting story of exploration, survival and cartographic skill bound up with conceptions of nature, religion and politics extending far beyond the Arctic.
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Back from the Future - Brad Gilmore
A Fan’s Look at the Back to the Future Franchise“Brad Gilmore s book not only offers new perspectives and a deeper understanding of Back to the Future, it reminds us why we fell in love with it in the first place. ─Mark Ellis, Comedian Movie Critic#1 New Release in Science Fiction Fantasy MoviesThere’s a host of information out there on the Back to the Future trilogy, but never before has there been a book like this.The history of the films, cartoons, toys, and more. The Back to the Future series is a timeless collection greatly revered by all audiences. The beauty of this book by Brad Gilmore is that it doesn’t present the history of the film as textbook information. He discusses these films from a place of passion and so effectively reveals how the history behind the movies is just as engaging as the films themselves.Unheard details and trivia. Gilmore, a radio and television host and host of Back to the Future: The Podcast, is an expert on all things Back to the Future. Pairing his knowledge with his passion for the films, Gilmore uses this book to discuss details and movie trivia that reveal just why the trilogy has stood the test of time. As a fan speaking to fellow fans, he dives into fan theories and provides answers to many questions readers have—because they are the very questions he himself has asked.Check out this must-have book and learn things you never knew:Completed timelines of all the main characters from the franchiseIn-depth studies of various Back to the Future fan theories that will surprise and intrigue youA detailed comparison of the films’ predictions of the future to our world todayFans of books like Back to the Future: The Classic Illustrated Storybook, Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History, Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines, or We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, will love Back From the Future.
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How to Fall in Love with the Future - Rob Hopkins
There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of usâ ”like threads stretching out into the distance. Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually want to live in.In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of daily life, climate activist and Transition Network cofounder Rob Hopkins responded the way a lot of people did: by starting a podcast. But it wasnâ ™t any ordinary podcast. In each episode, Hopkins and his guests would â œtime travelâ together to the year 2030â ”walking down imagined future streets, talking with imagined future neighbors, visiting imagined future local businesses. While Hopkinsâ ™s guests came from all walks of lifeâ ”economists, politicians, bakers, comedians, novelists and moreâ ”they all shared a willingness to suspend their worries about the future long enough to mentally inhabit and then describe a world they were thrilled to be a part of.What Hopkins discovered was no less profound: this simple exercise of visiting a positive future forced him to rethink the work heâ ™d been doing as a climate activist for decades.How to Fall in Love with the Future is the result of that radical disruptionâ ”and Hopkinsâ ™s deep dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. From the life and writings of musician Sun Ra and the history of Black utopian movements to the latest neuroscience on what goes on in our mindsâ ”and heartsâ ”when we â œtime travel,â Hopkins brings essential new thinking to anyone overwhelmed with dread and anxiety for the future. He asks us to consider: what would the world look like if we all got to work imaginingâ ”and then buildingâ ”a world we were deeply in love with?â œRob Hopkins puts imagination back at the heart of future-dreaming, offering us an irresistible invitation to dream bigger and then make those dreams a reality.â â ”Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics
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Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine - Bob Gale
Doc Brown s Owner s Workshop Manual, Discover the secrets of Doc Brown s time-traveling DeLorean with the first-ever under-the-bonnet user s manual featuring never-before-seen schematics and cutaways of cinema s most iconic car., One of the best-loved movie sagas of all time, the Back to the Future trilogy has left an indelible impact on popular culture. Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner s Workshop Manual delves into the secrets of the unique vehicle that transports Marty McFly and Doc Brown through time, including both the original version of the car and the updated flying model. From the DeLorean s unmistakable gull-wing doors to Doc s cutting-edge modifications, including the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion, this manual offers unprecedented insight into the car s inner workings., Filled with exclusive illustrations and never-before-disclosed information, Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner s Workshop Manual is the perfect gift for the trilogy s legion of fans., Authors, Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director best known as co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973. He has written over thirty screenplays, and his other film credits include 1941, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Used Cars, Trespass, and Interstate 60. In addition to writing movies, Gale has written comic books including Spider-Man, Batman, and IDW s Back to the Future title, and has also served as an expert witness in over twenty-five plagiarism cases. Gale lives in Southern California with his wife and dog., Joe Walser combined decades of motion picture art department experience with his passion for Back to the Future to become the world s leading authority on the DeLorean time machine. In 2013, he led Universal Studios official restoration of the actual time machine vehicle used in all three Back to the Future movies, which is now on permanent display at the renowned Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Walser has been directly involved in dozens of licensed Back to the Future products and projects, and has cocreated the world s largest Back to the Future fan celebrations, including the thirtieth anniversary We re Going Back event in 2015. He lives with his wife, daughter, and three sons in Los Angeles, California.
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The Future Leader - Jacob Morgan
WINNER OF CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 Are you a future-ready leader? Based on exclusive interviews with over 140 of the world s top CEOs and a survey of nearly 14,000 people. Do you have the right mindsets and skills to be able to lead effectively in the next ten years and beyond? Most individuals and organizations don⠙t even know what leadership will look like in the future. Until now. There has been a lot written about leadership for the present day, but the world is changing quickly. What worked in the past won⠙t work in the future. We need to know how to prepare leaders who can successfully navigate and guide us through the next decade and beyond. How is leadership changing, and why? How ready are leaders today for these changes? What should leaders do now? To answer these questions, Jacob interviewed over 140 CEOs from companies like Unilever, Mastercard, Best Buy, Oracle, Verizon, Kaiser, KPMG, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Yum! Brands, Saint-Gobain, Dominos, Philip Morris International, and over a hundred others. Jacob also partnered with Linkedin to survey almost 14,000 of their members around the globe to see how CEO insights align with employee perspectives The majority of the world s top business leaders that Jacob interviewed believe that while some core aspects of leadership will remain the same, such as creating a vision and executing on strategy, leaders of the future will need a new arsenal of skills and mindsets to succeed. What emerged from all of this research is the most accurate groundbreaking book on the future of leadership, which shares exclusive insights from the world s top CEOs and never before seen research. After reading it, you will: Learn the greatest trends impacting the future of leadership and their implicationsUnderstand the top skills and mindsets that leaders of the future will need to possess and how to learn themChange your perception of who a leader is and what leadership meansTackle the greatest challenges that leaders of the future will faceSee the gap that exists between what CEOs identified versus what employees are actually experiencingBecome a future-ready leader This is the book that you, your team, and your organization must read in order to lead in the future of work.
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The Future of the Universe - Professor Raman Prinja
Experience the explosive and colourful future of the cosmos, zooming trillions of years ahead in time with Professor Raman Prinja, published in association with Royal Observatory Greenwich.The Future of the Universe starts the future clock NOW and rockets readers along a forward time line to discover what scientists predict will happen to the Universe, including a shiny new ring on Mars, Earth s axis flip and a dramatic galaxy crash!This is the first book of its kind for this age - putting all the future events into one place along a clear timeline for readers 9 and up, from the return of famous comets in a few decades, to the dark end of the Universe a nonillion years from now.Professor Raman Prinja is the international, multi-award-winning Head of Department for Physics and Astronomy at University College London and a celebrated children s author of many books, including Planetarium, Wonders of the Night Sky and Recipe for a Solar System.Illustrator Jan Bielecki s action-packed, vivid artwork plucks these astonishing phenomena out of the distant future, and explodes them on the page - sizzling red giant stars and deep, mysterious dark energy; doomed moons and trailing comets - they re all inside The Future of the Universe!Professor Prinja pens this unique look at the Universe s future, as seen on Sunday Brunch, as his follow-up to the definitive and exciting Wonders of the Night Sky, which introduces anyone with a patch of sky and a curious mind to exploring the marvels on display in today s Universe. The next generation of Universe explorers can easily engage with astronomy through these stunning books, no expensive equipment needed.
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Felix and the Future Agency - Rachel Morrisroeová
Get ready to join magical new hero Felix Green on an edge-of-your-seat adventure at the FUTURE AGENCY. Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Skandar . . .‘Explosively magical! What a fun-filled, exciting adventure - kids are going to love it!’ Abi Elphinstone, author of Skysong ‘Very occasionally, a book comes along that feels fantastically unique - Felix and the Future Agency is that book. Clever and funny with a genius premise and characters to fall in love with, I’m already counting down the days to the sequel.” A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series. Felix Green has a talent – a talent that often gets him into A LOT of trouble – he can forsee the future. And he #39;s not the only one! When his latest prediction comes true, he soon finds himself whisked off to join the secret underground Future Agency. Here he starts to learn the tools to protect the country from the natural disasters set to befall it – summoning animal star constellations down from the sky, dream weaving and speaking to ghosts. When a dark spectre infiltrates the Future Agency, only Felix can unmask the culprit and save the agency from destruction . . . Praise for Felix and the Future Agency:‘A heart-strong story built to get lost in. Storytelling at its most spectacular.’ Jacob North, author of the Ice Apprentices series. #39;It’s packed with mystery and bursting with magic – the must-read middle-grade adventure of the year!’ Laura Noakes, author of Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star‘Loved this twisty magical adventure with a big-hearted hero and roots in real history from the ghost stories of the London Underground to the Premonitions Bureau.’ Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Think Like a Boss #39;A super contemporary story grounded in history... Wow! The research, joy, time, thought, fun and wit Rachel has poured into the story and not to mention MAGIC.’ Cerrie Burnell, author of The Girl with the Shark’s Teeth ‘Spookily good! Devoured it all in a day!’ Steven Lenton
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The Future of the Novel - Simon Okotie
We re used to the novel being declared dead, dying, or endangered. In The Future of the Novel, author Simon Okotie presents a bold future for long-form fiction, and suggests its evolution is far from over. Okotie begins by responding to and critiquing John Carruthers book Scheherezade, or The Future of the English Novel, published in 1927 as part of the To-day and To-morrow series - the inspiration for our present-day FUTURES. He then cites others who have since meditated on the direction of the form: Henry James, D. H. Lawrence, William Burroughs, Anais Nin, Zadie Smith and China Mieville, among others. In doing so, he also tells the story of the novel itself, from the realism of the 18th and 19th centuries, through the early stirrings of modernism with its focus on the inner life , right through to the abstraction and experimentation of 21st century postmodernism, and beyond. All of which informs Okotie s own future vision for the novel - one that extends even further into the reaches of the subconscious, and speculates on the uneasy role artificial intelligence will play in the coming decades. The Future of The Novel is a rich and immersive portrait of an artform which is more alive and exciting than ever.
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The Future is Disabled - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if the majority of people will be disabled in the near future - and what if that s not a bad thing? And what if disability justice and disabled wisdom become crucial if we re going to create a future where surviving fascism, climate change, and pandemics and creating liberation are possible? Building on the work of her game-changing book Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about disability justice at the end of the world, documenting the many ways disabled people kept and are keeping each other - and the rest of the world - alive during Trump, fascism and the COVID-19 pandemic. Other subjects include crip interdependence, care and mutual aid in real life, disabled community building, and disabled art practice as survival and joy. Written over the course of two years of disabled isolation during the pandemic, this is a book of love letters to other disabled QTBIPOC (and those who care about us and the work of disability justice, the care crisis, and surviving the apocalypse); honor songs for kin who are gone; recipes for survival; questions and real talk about care, organizing, disabled families, and kin networks and communities; and wild brown disabled femme joy in the face of death. With passion and power, The Future Is Disabled remembers our dead and insists on our future.
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Book of the Future - David Jefferis, Kenneth Gatland
First published in 1979, the Usborne Book of the Future is a fondly-remembered book from a time when people dreamed of the future as a place filled with wonder and amazing new technology. After more than 40 years of science fiction focussing on dystopias and doom, it s time to remind readers young and old that, in fact, the Future is STILL a place that holds hope and excitement. The book is built in three sections. The first explores all kinds of robots, the jobs they will do on land, sea and in space, and where they will get power from. The second is all about cities of the future, and how people will live, what new buildings they will build, how computers will change the world, and what people will do for fun. The final section is about the future of travel, from planes, trains and cars on Earth, to Space shuttles and journeys to colonise other planets. This re-issued book retains the original text and stunning artwork, but now comes with a foreword by renowned BBC Futurologist Tom Cheesewright, who was inspired into his career by the original edition of the book. From outlining the internet to asteroid mines to 3D printers and robot helpers, you ll be surprised by how accurately this book predicted life in the 21st Century. Long out of print, copies of the original printing of this book fetch three figures on auction sites. Now at last people who remember this book from their childhood can find it again, and share it with the next generation, at normal bookshop prices!
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The Future Is Analog - David Sax
Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a more human future In The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we’d spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online shopping, virtual everything. It didn’t take long to realize how awful it was to live in this promised future. We craved real experiences, relationships, and spaces and got back to real life as quickly and often as we could. In chapters exploring work, school, religion, and more, this book asks pointed questions: Is our future inevitably digital? Can we reject the downsides of digital technology without rejecting change? Can we innovate not for the sake of productivity but for the good of our social and cultural lives? Can we build a future that serves us as humans, first and foremost? This is a manifesto for a different kind of change. We can spend our creativity and money on building new gadgets—or we can spend them on new ways to be together and experience the world, to bake bread, and climb mountains. All we need is the clarity to choose which future we want.
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Physics of the Future - Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku s Physics of the Future: The Inventions that will Transform our Lives is a hypothetical journey through the next 100 years of scientific innovation, as told by the scientists who are making it happen. We all wish we could predict the future, but most of us don t know enough about the science that makes it possible. That s why Michio Kaku decided to talk to the people who really know - the visionaries who are already inventing the future in their labs. Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world s top scientists, Kaku gives us an insider s perspective on the revolutionary advances that mean we ll soon be able to take an elevator into space, access the internet via our contact lenses, scan our DNA for signs of disease and even change the shape of objects - and all still within the laws of known physics. This isn t just the shape of things to come - as Kaku shows, it s already happening. Summons up the sheer wonder of science Daily Telegraph A whirlwind tour of technological possibilities New Scientist One of the gurus of modern physics Financial Times An entertaining account of envelope-pushing research Economist Michio Kaku is a leading theoretical physicist and one of the founders of string theory, widely regarded as the strongest candidate for the theory of everything . He is also one of the most gifted popularizers ofscience of his generation. His books published by Penguin include Parallel Worlds, The Physics of the Future and The Physics of the Impossible. He holds the Henry Semat Professorship in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York, where he has taught for over twenty-five years.
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The Future of Employment in Africa - Loic De Canniere
The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labour Markets and Welfare explores the major trends that will define the face of the sub-Saharan continent in the next three decades. The near doubling of Africaâ ™s population by 2050 will lead to more than twenty million new job seekers entering the African labour market every year until then. Right now, Africa doesnâ ™t seem armed to offer jobs to this many people, resulting in possible unrest and intra-African or intercontinental migration flows, including to Europe. Climate change creates additional migratory pressure as it threatens the future of agriculture and livestock.The author explores the opportunities for increased job creation in Africa. Work provides income, and decent and meaningful jobs contribute to prospects and social stability. The evolution of the labour market is essential for the continentâ ™s future. Fortunately, Africa has some major strengths. The continent has the youngest population in the world and represents a wealth of creativity and innovation. Moreover, Africans excel in â ˜market-creating innovationâ ™: the ability to see market opportunities and innovations that others do not. Africans create their own jobs through micro and small enterprises. A young well-trained middle class, familiar with digital technologies, is emerging. Africaâ ™s abundant natural resources also attract global regional powers aspiring to secure access to critical raw materials, something the continent can use to its own advantage.Special attention goes to the European Unionâ ™s Africa policy: the book takes a critical look at the European Unionâ ™s intentions and approach and formulates recommendations to the European Commission. The author combines economic analysis with stories from twenty-five years of experience with impact investments in Africa. He challenges the typical pessimistic stereotypes about the continent and provides an optimistic vision of Africaâ ™s future.
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Embrace the Future - R. Gopalakrishnan and Hrishi Bhattacharyya
ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a family whose very name connoted wealth. The Vanderbilts had a vast empire built on freight through steamboats and railroads. Over a few generations, the wealth-worth billions in today s money-had been frittered away and the business itself faded as new options came up in the freight business. Their story remains an enduring example of what happens when business leaders fail to embrace the future and transform. BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION is a live subject, one that authors R. Gopalakrishnan and Hrishi Bhattacharyya have between them a hundred-plus years of leading in their companies. Their learnings, supported by numerous examples, make for riveting reading. One chief lesson why such transformations succeed or fail has to do with combining the art and science of the change - the heart and the mind - and getting the balance of the two right. In life as in business, to effect a transformation, one needs a compelling narrative, one that inspires the organisation. Important too is to see transformation as a continuous endeavour and made a part of work culture rather than to consider it an exercise undertaken only in a crisis. Embrace the Future is a major book by two business leaders that will appeal to anyone who has faced change-in today s fluid business environment, most of us. As Gopalakrishnan and Bhattacharyya emphasise, companies that fail to adapt are destined to perish. One needs to learn from the past, manage the present and prepare for the future. We must imagine the future we desire and then fold it into the present.
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Bastille: Give Me The Future + Dreams Of The Past (Coloured) (2x LP) - LP (4549993)
LP vinyl - Unikátní dvojalbum oblíbené kapely Bastille na dvou LP. Unikátní dvojalbum oblíbené kapely Bastille na dvou LP. Bastille je anglická pop rocková kapela založená v roce 2010. Skupina začala jako sólový projekt hlavního zpěváka Dana Smithe , ale později se rozšířila o klávesistu Kylea Simmonse, baskytaristu a kytaristu Willa Farquarsona a bubeníka Chrise „Woodyho” Dřevo. Rok vydání : 2022 Seznam stop LP 1 (Give Me The Future) 01_Distorted Light Beam / 02_Thelma + Louise / 03_No Bad Days / 04_Brave New World (Interlude) / 05_Back To The Future / 06_Plug In / 07_Promises (by Riz Ahmed) / 08_Shut Off The Lights / 09_Stay Awake? / 10_Give Me The Future / 11_Club 57 / 12_Total Dissociation (Interlude) / 13_Future Holds [feat. BIM] LP 2 (+ Dreams Of The Past) 01_Back To The Innerverse (Interlude) / 02_Real Life / 03_Family Ties / 04_Distorted Light Beam (Reprise) / 05_Revolution / 06_survivin #039; / 07_No More Bad Days / 08_Hope For The Future (Other...
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The Future - Naomi Aldermanová
â ˜Grippingâ ™ MARGARET ATWOOD A fabulous, witty writer on the digital worldâ ™ SUNDAY TIMES A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, itâ ™s brilliant and I loved it LAUREN BEUKESThe latest novel from the Womenâ ™s Prize-winning author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.Lai Zhen is about to die. As an Internet-famous survivalist, sheâ ™s spent her life prepping for the end of the world. But now, desperate and cornered in a mall in Singapore, sheâ ™s mad she might go out not knowing what the hell is going on. If she makes it out alive, what kind of a future will be waiting for her?Across the world, Martha Einkorn works the room at a gathering of mega-rich companies hell-bent securing a future just for them. Covert weapons, private weather, technological prophecy, when Martha fled her fatherâ ™s compound she may have left the cult behind, but if the apocalyptic warnings of his fox and rabbit sermon are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?Martha and Zhenâ ™s worlds are about to collide. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Marthaâ ™s relentless drive and Zhenâ ™s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful â ¦ or the cataclysmic end of civilization.â ˜A rollicking, fun-packed thrillerâ ™ ALASTAIR REYNOLDSNaomi Alderman s novel The Power won the Women s Prize for Fiction in 2017.
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The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson s The Ministry for the Future Ezra Klein, Vox A great read Bill GatesThe Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time TED.com A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity Booklist (starred review) Gutsy, humane . . . a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet Publishers Weekly (starred review) A sweeping epic about climate change and humanity s efforts to try and turn the tide before it s too late Polygon (Best of the Year) Steely, visionary optimism Guardian
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The Future - Naomi Aldermanová
â ˜Grippingâ ™ MARGARET ATWOOD A fabulous, witty writer on the digital worldâ ™ SUNDAY TIMES A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, itâ ™s brilliant and I loved it LAUREN BEUKESThe latest novel from the Womenâ ™s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.Lai Zhen is about to die. As an Internet-famous survivalist, sheâ ™s spent her life prepping for the end of the world. But now, desperate and cornered in a mall in Singapore, sheâ ™s mad she might go out not knowing what the hell is going on. If she makes it out alive, what kind of a future will be waiting for her?Across the world, Martha Einkorn works the room at a gathering of mega-rich companies hell-bent securing a future just for them. Covert weapons, private weather, technological prophecy, when Martha fled her fatherâ ™s compound she may have left the cult behind, but if the apocalyptic warnings of his fox and rabbit sermon are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?Martha and Zhenâ ™s worlds are about to collide. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Marthaâ ™s relentless drive and Zhenâ ™s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful â ¦ or the cataclysmic end of civilization.â ˜A rollicking, fun-packed thrillerâ ™ ALASTAIR REYNOLDS
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Bastille: Give Me The Future + Dreams Of The Past (2x CD) - CD (4549994)
Hudební CD - Unikátní dvojalbum oblíbené kapely Bastille na CD Unikátní dvojalbum oblíbené kapely Bastille na CD Bastille je anglická pop rocková kapela založená v roce 2010. Skupina začala jako sólový projekt hlavního zpěváka Dana Smithe , ale později se rozšířila o klávesistu Kylea Simmonse, baskytaristu a kytaristu Willa Farquarsona a bubeníka Chrise „Woodyho”. Rok vydání : 2022 Seznam stop CD 1 Give Me The Future Distorted Light Beam / Thelma + Louise / No Bad Days / Brave New World (Interlude) / Back To The Future / Plug In / Promises (by Riz Ahmed) / Shut Off The Lights / Stay Awake? / Give Me The Future / Club 57 / Total Dissociation (Interlude) / Future Holds [feat. BIM] CD 2 + Dreams Of The Past Back To The Innerverse (Interlude) / Real Life / Family Ties / Distorted Light Beam (Reprise) / Revolution / survivin #039; / No More Bad Days / Hope For The Future Other People #039;s Heartache Other People #039;s Heartache (Interlude) / Run Into Trouble...
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Bastille: Give Me The Future - CD (3854214)
Hudební CD - Give Me the Future je čtvrté studiové album britské indie popové kapely Bastille z roku 2022. Give Me the Future je čtvrté studiové album britské indie popové kapely Bastille z roku 2022. Bastille je anglická pop rocková kapela založená v roce 2010. Skupina začala jako sólový projekt hlavního zpěváka Dana Smithe, ale později se rozšířila o klávesistu Kylea Simmonse, baskytaristu a kytaristu Willa Farquarsona a bubeníka Chrise „Woody” Wooda. Rok vydání : 2022 (4.album) Seznam stop CD Distorted Light Beam / Thelma + Louise / No Bad Days / Brave New World / Back To The Future / Plug In / Promises / Shut Off The Lights / Stay Awake? / Give Me The Future / Club 57 / Total Dissociation / Future Holds
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Bastille: Give Me The Future - LP (3854210)
LP vinyl - Give Me the Future je čtvrté studiové album britské indie popové kapely Bastille z roku 2022. Give Me the Future je čtvrté studiové album britské indie popové kapely Bastille z roku 2022. Bastille je anglická pop rocková kapela založená v roce 2010. Skupina začala jako sólový projekt hlavního zpěváka Dana Smithe, ale později se rozšířila o klávesistu Kylea Simmonse, baskytaristu a kytaristu Willa Farquarsona a bubeníka Chrise „Woody” Wooda. Rok vydání : 2022 (4.album) Seznam stop LP Distorted Light Beam / Thelma + Louise / No Bad Days / Brave New World / Back To The Future / Plug In / Promises / Shut Off The Lights / Stay Awake? / Give Me The Future / Club 57 / Total Dissociation / Future Holds
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The Future Loves You - Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life. But given humans rarely live beyond a century â “ even while certain whales can thrive for over two hundred years â “ itâ ™s hard not to see our biological limits as profoundly unfair. No wonder then that most people nearing death wish they still had more time.Yet, with ever-advancing science, will the ends of our lives always loom so close? For from ventilators to brain implants, modern medicine has been blurring what it means to die. In a lucid synthesis of current neuroscientific thinking, Zeleznikow-Johnston explains that death is no longer the loss of heartbeat or breath, but of personal identity â “ that the core of our identities is our minds, and that our minds are encoded in the structure of our brains. On this basis, he explores how recently invented brain preservation techniques now offer us all the chance of preserving our minds to enable our future revival.Whether they fought for justice or cured diseases, we are grateful to those of our ancestors who helped craft a kinder world â “ yet they cannot enjoy the fruits of the civilization they helped build. But if we work together to create a better future for our own descendants, we may even have the chance to live in it. Because, should we succeed, then just maybe, the future will love us enough to bring us back and share their world with us.
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The Future is Fungi - Michael Lim, Yun Shu
The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They are the architects of the natural world, integral to all life. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent and penicillin. Today, in the face of urgent ecological, societal and spiritual crises, fungi are being engineered to grow meat alternatives, create new sources of medicine, produce sustainable biomaterials, remediate the environment and even expand our collective consciousness.The Future is Fungi is a complete introduction to this hidden kingdom. Exploring their past, present and potential future impact in four key areas - food, medicine, psychedelics and mental health, and environmental remediation - this book not only reveals how fungi have formed the foundations of modern life but how they might help shape our future.Rich with informative texts, awe-inspiring 3D digital art and tips on how to immerse yourself in the world of fungi, this is a manifesto for the future, an invitation into a deeper awareness of our relationship with the natural world, each other, and ourselves.
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The Future of American Banking - James R. Barth, Robert E. Litan, R.Dan Brumbaugh
The future of American banking is in doubt and the industry and the federal insurance fund that helps support it are in turmoil. The ingredients of the turmoil have been simmering in public view since at least the early 1980s when commercial bank loans to lesser developed countries (LDCs) began to default. The difficulties began to boil at the end of the decade when the prospect first arose that the banks deposit insurer, the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) that is administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), might require dollars to resolve bank failure as occurred in the savings and loan debacle. This book frames the major economic and policy issues raised by the banking crisis whose resolution largely determines the future of American banking. It focuses on the current reported condition of the banking industry, concentrating on large banks in particular. A longer-run economic prognosis for the banking industry is presented and the implications of future bank failures for the financial services sector and federal regulatory policy are discussed. Most importantly the book contains suggestions for changes in the nation s deposit-insurance system and accompanying banking laws. These changes would reduce the federal government s deposit insurance liability and would provide banks with potentially profitable opportunities. The study includes a wealth of data on the financial condition of American banks and the system as a whole, some of it not easily obtainable from any other source. The authors are internationally recognized as knowledgeable experts on the state of the American banking system and the options and prospects for US banking reform.
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The Future Loves You - Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life. But given humans rarely live beyond a century – even while certain whales can thrive for over two hundred years – it’s hard not to see our biological limits as profoundly unfair. No wonder then that most people nearing death wish they still had more time.Yet, with ever-advancing science, will the ends of our lives always loom so close? For from ventilators to brain implants, modern medicine has been blurring what it means to die.In a lucid synthesis of current neuroscientific thinking, Zeleznikow-Johnston explains that death is no longer the loss of heartbeat or breath, but of personal identity – that the core of our identities is our minds, and that our minds are encoded in the structure of our brains. On this basis, he explores how recently invented brain preservation techniques now offer us all the chance of preserving our minds to enable our future revival.Whether they fought for justice or cured diseases, we are grateful to those of our ancestors who helped craft a kinder world – yet they cannot enjoy the fruits of the civilization they helped build. But if we work together to create a better future for our own descendants, we may even have the chance to live in it.Because, should we succeed, then just maybe, the future will love us enough to bring us back and share their world with us.
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41 - Tim Powers, Robert J. Sawyer, L. Ron Hubbard, Tom Wood, Sean Williams, Nye Jody Lynn, Randyn
Step into the extraordinary with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41â ”an anthology that promises the unexpected, the thought-provoking, and the unforgettable. Celebrating the best new voices in speculative fiction, this collection offers gripping tales of science fiction, fantasy, and beyond.Discover Distant WorldsExplore alien landscapes, futuristic technologies, and hidden realms. From time-traveling adventures to battles for survival in dystopian societies, these stories transport you far beyond the limits of imagination.Meet Extraordinary HeroesFollow protagonists who face impossible oddsâ ”from a young constable on a harsh alien frontier to a reclusive writer sharing a ride with a sentient car. These characters redefine courage, resilience, and what it means to be human.Experience Visual WonderEvery story is brought to life with breathtaking original illustrations. These commissioned works add depth, color, and vibrancy to the collection, making it a visual and literary masterpiece.Learn from the LegendsGain inspiration from essays by L. Ron Hubbard, Robert J. Sawyer, and Tom Wood, offering rare insights into storytelling and creative mastery.Discover Tomorrow s StarsThis volume continues the legacy of Writers of the Future, the competition that has launched myriad bestselling authors. These rising talents are reshaping speculative fiction as we know it.Whether you love heart-pounding action, thought-provoking â œwhat ifs,â or stories that blur the line between science and magic, Volume 41 is your gateway to new dimensions. With tales and illustrations that linger long after the final page, this anthology invites you to take the leap into worlds uncharted.Push Beyond the Ordinary. Explore the Extraordinary. Grab your copy of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41 and discover the next generation of visionary storytellers and artists.
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The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody - Kate Gilby Smith
#39;A wonderful time-travelling adventure with more twists and turns than the hands of a clock on a helter-skelter. Alex and Jasper are a fantastic dynamic duo, and the book has genuine friendship and warmth at the heart of a timey-wimey mystery. I loved it. #39; L.D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel AgencyHave you ever thought what it might be like if you were famous in the future? A brilliant adventure for fans of Ross Welford - a story about friendship, courage and embracing our talents even when they make us stand out. On the day Alex was born, crowds surrounded the hospital. On her first day of school, people spied from the gates. And recently, strangers came to watch her perform in her school play ... as the llama. But why? Alex has always been a nobody. Then a mysterious boy named Jasper starts at school and he alone seems to know the answer. But before he can tell Alex, he disappears ... into the future. Can Alex brave traveling into the future to discover what #39;s happened to him and to unravel the secret of her own astonishing destiny ... before time runs out?Winner of the Awesome Book Awards 2023 #39;A great idea, pulled off with real panache ... the whole thing is a delight #39; Anthony McGowan, author of Lark #39;A joyous, inventive and original rollicking adventure #39; Liz Hyder, author of Bearmouth #39;A brilliant page-turning, time travelling adventure, full of heart and filled with courage and friendship #39; Jess Butterworth, author of Running on the Roof of the World #39;A super original concept and a book brimming with imagination. And I loved that ending!!! #39; Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear
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Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly - Insight Kids
Learn how to tell the time with Marty McFly and Doc Brown in this interactive board book with fun surprises on every page. Great Scott! Marty McFly is always late. It’s almost like he doesn’t know how to tell time. Sometimes he’s in bed when he should be at school. Other times he’s back at school when he should be at band practice. Help Marty get through the day by turning the die-cut wheel in the cover and lifting the flaps throughout the book to find out where Marty should be at the proper time. With both analog and digital clocks, young learners will get to see time in different ways. Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly is an entertaining, nostalgic title in the PlayPop line of developmental board books. PLAYFUL LEARNING + POP CULTURE BONDING: Parents, grandparents, and grown-ups can introduce kids to beloved characters from the Back to the Future films. TEACHES TELLING TIME: Learn to read analog and digital clocks LEARN BY DOING: Turn the dial for a tactile, multi-sensory learning experience. READ ALOUD PROMPTS: “At six o’clock in the evening, Marty is supposed to be eating dinner with his family. Where is Marty?” Gentle prompts support reading comprehension and intergenerational interaction. DEVELOP EARLY LITERACY: Emerging readers can practice print motivation, print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, vocabulary and narrative skills. COLLECT THEM ALL: Learn essential skills and raise the next generation of fans with PlayPop books including E.T’s First Words and Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly and Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle.
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All the Best for the Future - James Greg
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBrilliantly funny and life-affirming stories of growing up from much-loved Radio 1 presenter and bestselling children s author, Greg James. When Greg James was ten years old, his nylon shell suit-clad idols the Chuckle Brothers ( to me, to you ) signed an autograph (from them, to him) with the message All the best for the future.â ™ It was a weirdly formal message for a kid. Ten-year-old Greg had no idea what the future held, no clue what was in store for him as he carried on through life. How could he? No one really knows what s coming. We all have big dreams and small ones, ideas about how we want our lives to pan out: when you ll get married, where you ll live, how many children you want, what you want to be when you grow up. We race through the milestones, desperate to unlock life s next level and before you know it, youâ ™re a â ˜grown up . Thatâ ™s all well and good but have you remembered to have fun along the way?Whether it s entertaining the nation with his hugely popular BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, writing big funny adventures for kids with his bestselling children s books, finding the joy in cricket and F1 in his podcasts Tailenders and The Fast and the Curious, or posting stupid videos of his adorable but quite thick dog Barney, Gregâ ™s focus is to put a smile on people s faces because, let s face it, having fun is something we all forget to prioritise sometimes. In All the Best for the Future, Greg looks at how he thought his life would go and shares the things that wind him up, make him sad, make him laugh and the little passions and interests that he relies on to get him through the day - whether it was a good one or a bad one. He tells us who he is, who he thought he d be and who he still thinks he could be. Most of all though, his message for everyone is not to let go of that inner child as he navigates how to grow up without growing old. Itâ ™s possible to be fully functioning adults, with bills to pay and a dog to look after, and still find time to play with a train set...
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The Future of Us - Jay Ingram
A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we’ll live, how we’ll look, and who we’ll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram. Where will we live? How will we get around? What will we look like? These are just some of the questions bestselling author and popular science broadcaster Jay Ingram answers in this exciting examination of the science and technologies that will affect every aspect of human life. In these pages, Ingram explores the future of our technological civilization. He reports on cutting-edge research in organ and limb regeneration, advances in prosthetics, the merging of the human and the synthetic, and gene editing. Vertical farming and lab-grown food might help feed millions and alleviate pressure on the planet. Cities could accommodate green space and the long-awaited flying car. Finally, he speculates on the future of artificial general intelligence, even artificial superintelligence, as well as our place on Earth and in the universe. The potential impact of these developments in science and technology will be powerful and wide-ranging, complicated by ethics and social equity. And they will inevitably revolutionize every aspect of life and even who we are. This is The Future of Us.
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The Future of Hegel - Catherine Malabou
This book is one of the most important recent books on Hegel, a philosopher who has had a crucial impact on the shape of continental philosophy. Published here in English for the first time, it includes a substantial preface by Jacques Derrida in which he explores the themes and conclusions of Malabou s book.The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic restores Hegel s rich and complex concepts of time and temporality to contemporary philosophy. It examines his concept of time, relating it to perennial topics in philosophy such as substance, accident and the identity of the subject. Catherine Malabou s also contrasts her account of Hegelian temporality with the interpretation given by Heidegger in Being and Time, arguing that it is the concept of plasticity that best describes Hegel s theory of temporality. The future is understood not simply as a moment in time, but as something malleable and constantly open to change through our interpretation. The book also develops Hegel s preoccupation with the history of Greek thought and Christianity and explores the role of theology in his thought.Essential reading for those interested in Hegel and contemporary continental philosophy, The Future of Hegel is also fascinating to those interested in the ideas of Heidegger and Derrida.
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The Future of Clothing - Simone Achermann, Stephan Sigrist
Disappearing dress codes, customers as designers and wearable technology; in recent years the production and function of clothing has undergone massive change. New manufacturing technologies have brought bespoke design within reach of many consumers for the first time. Miniature sensors can turn ordinary garments into smart devices. And blurring gender roles and class distinctions point the way towards a more fluid approach to clothing, fashion and design. The Future of Clothing offers a critical introduction to these developments from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging with their implications for the clothing industry and related fields. You ll learn how mass-personalization impacts the luxury market, the effects of automation on craftsmanship and how AI design may affect individual style choices.Contributors include fashion historian, author and broadcaster Amber Butchart, adventurer, ecologist and head of the Sculpt the Future Foundation David de Rothschild, and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari. There are also 8 exclusive illustrations by Salvador Dali, depicting the surrealist masterâ ™s extraordinary vision of how fine-tailored clothing might evolve in the 21st century. Together they form a truly unique guide to the future of this most creative industry.
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The Future of Community - John Kraski, Justin Shenkarow
A penetrating look at how web3 will shape our shared future In The Future of Community: How to Leverage Web3 Technologies to Grow Your Business, a team of web3 visionaries and tech-savvy executives delivers a groundbreaking new take on the seismic impact web3 is havingâ ”and will continue to haveâ ”on our technological and social landscapes. The authors discuss why web3 really is the â œnext big thingâ to shape our digital and offline futures and how it will transform the world. Youâ ™ll discover a whole host of web3 applications poised to excite and disrupt industries around the world, from fan tokens that reshape how we think about interactions between artists and fans to self-sovereign identities on the blockchain that allow you to take full control over how your personal data is used and collected online. Youâ ™ll also find: Insightful explorations of technologies and techniques like tokenization, decentralized marketplaces, decentralized autonomous organizations, and moreExplanations of how web3 allows you to take greater ownership and control of your digital and offline assetsDiscussions of why web3 increases transparency and accountability at every level of business, government, and social hierarchiesAn invigorating and singularly incisive resource, The Future of Community is a canâ ™t-miss book for futurists, entrepreneurs, founders, business leaders, tech enthusiasts, and web3 fans excited about todayâ ™s cutting-edge tech and how it will shape our tomorrows.
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The Future of Geography - Tim Marshall
AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating and crucial insight into how, even as humanity moves upwards into the final frontier, we ll be influenced by the geographies of space. Marshall has done it again! Professor Lewis Dartnell, author of Being Human Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions.Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn t science fiction. It s astropolitics.We re entering a new space race - and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth.Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation - and, possibly, conquest. We re heading up and out, and we re taking our power struggles with us. China, the USA and Russia are leading the way.From physical territory and resources to satellites, weaponry and strategic choke points, geopolitics is as important in the skies above us as it is down below. If you ve ever wondered if humans are going back to the Moon, who will benefit from exploration or what space wars might look like, the answers are here. With all the insight and wit that have made Tim Marshall the UK s most popular writer on geopolitics, this gripping book shows how we got here and where we re going, covering great-power rivalry; technology; commerce; combat in space; and what it means for all of us down here on Earth.This is essential reading on power, politics and the future of humanity. Praise for THE FUTURE OF GEOGRAPHY: Very accessible and allows the author to lead the reader on a voyage of galactic discovery Robert Verkaik, The Mail on Sunday [An] engaging exploration of power politics in space Irish Independent A superb survey of planetary politics Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times [Tim s] prose is brisk in pace and refreshingly crystalline in its clarity, affording a highly readable lesson in historical geopolitics... deeply thought-provoking BBC Sky at Night Marshall is an engaging writer, good at explaining the science as well as the politics, and with an eye for a telling fact Lawrence Freedman, The New Statesman
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis
Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum contribute significantly to one of the most important issues of our time-how to move forward in the Fourth Industrial Revolution -Jack Ma, Executive Chairman, Alibaba GroupWorld Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab offers a practical companion and field guide to his previous book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution.Today, technology is changing everything-how we relate to one another, the way we work, how our economies and governments function, and even what it means to be human. Incredible advances-from cryptocurrencies to AI to the internet of things-are already transforming society in unprecedented ways. But the Fourth Industrial Revolution is still in its infancy, says Schwab, and at a time of such tremendous uncertainty and change, it s our actions that will determine the trajectory the future will take.Drawing on contributions from 200 top experts in fields ranging from machine learning to geo-engineering to nanotechnology, to data ethics, Schwab equips readers with the practical tools to leverage the technologies of the future to leave the world better, safer, and more resilient than we found it. The technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are extraordinary. Leadership has to be equally extraordinary to manage the complexities of systemic change - Eric Schmidt, Technical Advisor, Alphabet
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The Future of Gardens - Mark Lane
Gardening is about choices. Which plants to choose for your soil type and conditions? Where to place them to maximise their growth? What to feed them, and when to water them? And how can all of this be done in a sustainable way? In The Future of Gardens, broadcaster and designer Mark Lane examines present-day considerations alongside those gardeners will need to make in the future. As Earth heats up and populations soar, water will become scarcer on many parts of the planet, and efficient management of it will be key: drought-tolerant planting and smart irrigation systems will likely become commonplace, as will vertical and otherwise space-restricted gardening. And as our world faces stressed or collapsing ecosystems, gardens will be crucial in improving wildlife populations - but only if we let them. Tech will play its part, too. AI-powered apps already provide tips to the green-fingered, but its dominance is a concern. How might we find a happy coexistence? Lane also imagines the potential for gardening in space: what challenges will interstellar travellers face as they cultivate plants on spacecrafts, or even on distant worlds? The Future of Gardens looks at this evergreen discipline with a bold, vibrant and inquisitive eye. Lane s own vision for inclusivity, sustainable practice and forward-looking design shines throughout this extraordinary addition to FUTURES.
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The Future Future - Adam Thirlwell
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE*It s the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble A terrific novel FINANCIAL TIMES A radically beautiful new novel SHEILA HETI, author of Pure ColourParis, 1775: Celine s husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. Meanwhile men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs, her sexuality, and addictions...All these stories are lies, but the public loves them - spreading them like a virus. Celine can only watch as her name becomes a symbol for everything rotten in this society ruled by men high on colonial genocide, natural destruction, and crimes against women. To survive, Celine and her friends must band together in search of justice, truth and beauty.Fantastical, funny and blindingly bright, The Future Future follows one woman on an urgently contemporary quest to clear her name and change the world.
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40 - L. Ron Hubbard, Nancy Kress, Bob Eggleton, Gregory Benford, Stephannie Tallent, S.M. Stirlin
Experience these powerful new voicesâ ”vivid, visceral, and visionaryâ ”as they explore uncharted worlds and reveal unlimited possibilities.This 40th anniversary edition of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, the bestselling and most widely influential anthology of its kind, brings you 12 strikingly original stories and illustrationsâ •by the best new creative talent in speculative fiction, all winners of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests. The collection is rounded out with 3 bonus stories plus 4 articles providing art and writing tips from bestselling authors and internationally renowned artists.Be carried away by storiesâ ”and illustrationsâ ”that will make you think, laugh, and see the world in ways you never imagined.â œWhen her owner goes missing, a digital housecat must become more than simulation to find her dearest companion through the virtual world.⠔⠜The Edge of Where My Light Is Castâ by Sky McKinnon, art by Carina ZhangNo one came to his brotherâ ™s funeral. Not even the spirits. Étienne knew it was his fault.⠔⠜Son, Spirit, Snakeâ by Jack Nash, art by Pedro N.Man overboard is a nightmare scenario for any sailor, but Lieutenant Susan Guidry is also running out of airâ ”and the nearest help is light years away.⠔⠜Nonzeroâ by Tom Vandermolen, art by Jennifer MellenMac wanted to invent a cocktail to burn itself upon the pages of historyâ ”but this one had some unexpected side effects.⠔⠜The Last Dropâ by L. Ron Hubbard and L. Sprague de Camp, art by Chris AriasDementia has landed Dan Kennedy in Graydon Manor, and whatâ ™s left of his life ahead seems dismal, but a pair of impossible visitors bring unexpected hope.⠔⠜The Imagaliskâ by Galen Westlake, art by Arthur HaywoodWhen a teenage swamp witch fears her mama will be killed, she utilizes her wits and the magic of the bayouâ ”no matter the cost to her own soul.⠔⠜Life and Death and Love in the Bayouâ by Stephannie Tallent, art by Ashley CassadayOur exodus family awoke on the new worldâ ”a paradise inexplicably teeming with Earth life, the Promise fulfilled. But 154 of us are missing.⠦⠔⠜Five Days Until Sunsetâ by Lance Robinson, art by Steve BentleySpirits were supposed to lurk beneath the Lake of Death, hungry and patient and hostile to all life.⠔⠜Shaman Dreamsâ by S.M. Stirling, art by Dan dos SantosA new app lets users see through the eyes of any human in history, but itâ ™s not long before the secrets of the past catch up with the present.⠔⠜The Wall Isnâ ™t a Circleâ by Rosalyn Robilliard, art by Guelly RiveraIn the shadows of Teddy Rooseveltâ ™s wendigo hunt, a Native American boy resolves to turn the tables on his captors, setting his sights on the ultimate preyâ ”Americaâ ™s Great Chief.⠔⠜Da-ko-taâ by Amir Agoora, art by Connor ChamberlainWhen squids from outer space take over, a punk-rock P.I. must crawl out of her own miserable existence to find her clientâ ™s daughterâ ”and maybe a way out.⠔⠜Squiddyâ by John Eric Schleicher, art by Tyler VailAnother outbreak? This time itâ ™s a virus with an eighty percent infection rate that affects personality changes â ¦ permanently.⠔⠜Haloâ by Nancy Kress, art by Lucas DurhamPlanet K2-18b is almost dead, humanity is enslaved, and itâ ™s Rickardâ ™s fault. Now in his twilight years, heâ ™d give an arm and a leg for redemption. Literally.⠔⠜Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiberâ by James Davies, art by May ZhengWhat if magic could undo the unthinkable, and undo Death itself? Would you use it no matter the cost? What would you sacrifice for love?⠔⠜Summer of Thirty Yearsâ by Lisa Silverthorne, art by Gigi HooperJoe is a prospector tasked with exploring the cosmos on behalf of an all-powerful government. Breadna is a toaster. There have been weirder love stories, but thatâ ™s unlikely.⠔⠜Butter Side Downâ by Kal M, art by Selena Meraki
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The Arab of the Future - Riad Sattouf
VOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOODThe Arab of the Future tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf s childhood, spent in the shadows of three dictators - Muammar Gaddafi, Hafez al-Assad, and his father.A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR | AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR | A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR I tore through it... The most enjoyable graphic novel I ve read in a while Zadie Smith I joyously recommend this book to you Mark Haddon Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time Alain De Botton Beautifully-written and drawn, witty, sad, fascinating... Brilliant Simon Sebag MontefioreIn a striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervour of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi s Libya, and Assad s Syria - but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation.Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents: his mother, a bookish French student, is as modest as his father is flamboyant. Venturing first to the Great Socialist People s Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs, Syria, they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner. And hold they do, though food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and with locks banned, the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment. The ultimate outsider, Riad, with his flowing blond hair, is called the ultimate insult... Jewish. And in no time at all, his father has come up with yet another grand plan, moving from building a new people to building his own great palace.Brimming with life and dark humour, The Arab of the Future reveals the truth and texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East, and also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus and Persepolis.Translated by Sam Taylor. ENGROSSING New York Times A PAGE TURNER Guardian MARVELLOUS... BEGS TO BE READ IN ONE LONG SITTING Herald AN OBJECT OF CONSENSUAL RAPTURE New Yorker ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOONISTS OF HIS GENERATION Le Monde
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The Past is a Future Country - Edward Dutton, J.O.A. Rayner-Hilles
Since the 1960s, the West has moved ever-leftwards. Equality and â ˜feelingsâ ™ are central to the New Religion that rejects all traditional values. Yet beneath the institutionally dominant â ˜Leftâ ™ stews a growing and restless â ˜Rightâ ™. How has this fractured situation come about? What will the future hold?In The Past is a Future Country, the authors trace it back to the Industrial Revolution. Darwinian selection massively weakened, meaning that, for the first time in history, the selfish, sick and stupid could survive and reproduce, undermining our religious, group-oriented culture. Now the West is scourged by an epidemic of narcissists, competing to signal their individuality and moral superiority. But their â ˜fight for equalityâ ™ is really a fight for self-promotion. Reflecting this runaway individualism, Westerners increasingly donâ ™t have children, save for those who are genetically resistant to this onslaught â ” the staunchly conservative and religious: the eventual inheritors of the earth.But there is a dark storm brewing in the demographic data that the authors have analysed. There is a burgeoning growth in the population of exceptionally unintelligent and antisocial people that social welfare systems cannot sustain for much longer. The developed world will pass away, and the global population that depends on it will crash, in the greatest Malthusian Collapse of all time. Yet all is not lost. The authors show how a resistant class of intelligent, religious conservatives will band together to preserve enclaves of civilization that may survive most of the coming apocalypse, and from its ashes rebuild a new world: A Neo-Byzantium.
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Inventing the Future - Nick Srnicek, Alex Williams
Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.
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Hack to The Future - Emily Crose
Understand the history of hacking culture and the genesis of a powerful modern subculture In Hack to the Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers, veteran information security professional Emily Crose delivers a deep dive into the history of the United States government s nuanced relationship with hacker culture and the role the latter has played in the former s domestic policy and geopolitics. In the book, you ll learn about significant events that have changed the way the hacking community has been perceived by the public, the state, and other hackers. The author explains how the US government managed to weaponize a subculture widely seen as misanthropic and awkward into a lever of geopolitical power. You ll also discover how: The release of the Morris worm and the Melissa virus changed the way hackers were seen and treated in the United StatesDifferent government agencies, including the National Security Agency and NASA treated ⠓ and were treated by ⠓ domestic hackersHacking went from being an exclusive hobby for socially awkward nerds to a substantial lever of geopolitical power in just a few decades Perfect for anyone with an interest in hacking, tech, infosec, and geopolitics, Hack to the Future is a must-read for those who seek to better their understanding of the history of hacking culture and how we got to where we are today.
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The Future Future - Adam Thirlwell
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE*It s the eighteenth-century and Celine is in trouble A terrific novel FINANCIAL TIMES A radically beautiful new novel SHEILA HETI, author of Pure ColourParis, 1775: Celine s husband is mostly absent. Her parents are elsewhere. Meanwhile men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs, her sexuality, and addictions...All these stories are lies, but the public loves them - spreading them like a virus. Celine can only watch as her name becomes a symbol for everything rotten in this society ruled by men high on colonial genocide, natural destruction, and crimes against women. To survive, Celine and her friends must band together in search of justice, truth and beauty.Fantastical, funny and blindingly bright, The Future Future follows one woman on an urgently contemporary quest to clear her name and change the world.
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The Future of Songwriting - Kristin Hersh
Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter. Is it possible to create music and not show off about it? How can artists establish and refine a following without becoming part of the commercial problem? And just how many times is it healthy to watch It s A Wonderful Life in three weeks? In The Future of Songwriting, Hersh chooses to interrogate these questions through philosophical dialogue. From in-depth conversations with a comedian friend about the similarities between songs and jokes, via a fruitful visit to Sydney s bone museums , to a revelation from an acupuncturist in New Orleans, she delivers a fierce, funny and existential meditation on the art of the song - and its future.
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The Once and Future World Order - Amitav Acharya
The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world.Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarization, and the rise of other great powers - especially China - threaten to unravel today s Western-led world order. Many fear this would lead to global chaos. But the West has never had a monopoly on order. Surveying five thousand years of global history, political scientist Amitav Acharya reveals that world order - the political architecture enabling cooperation and peace among nations - existed long before the rise of the West. Moving from ancient Sumer, India, Greece, and Mesoamerica, through medieval caliphates and Eurasian empires into the present, Acharya shows that humanitarian values, economic interdependence, and rules of inter-state conduct emerged across the globe over millennia. History suggests order will endure even as the West retreats. In fact, the end of Western dominance offers us the opportunity to build a better world, where non-Western nations find more voice, power, and prosperity. Instead of fearing the future, the West should learn from history and cooperate with the Rest to forge a more equitable order. This is the definitive account of how world order evolved and why it will survive the decline of the West.
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The Future - Catherine Leroux
Winner of Canada Reads 2024 • Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction • One of Tor.com s Can t Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 • Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 • One of Kirkus Reviews Fall 2023 Big Books By Small Presses • A Kirkus Review Work of Translated Fiction To Read Now • One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023 • A CBC Books Bestselling Canadian Book of the WeekIn an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees.In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance.When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city’s orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can’t imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—together.
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No Time Like the Future - Michael J. Fox
The book is great: moving but also properly funny. Hadley Freeman, The Guardian A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . .pithy, highly readable The TimesThe entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism.In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, ageing, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox s trademark sense of humour, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses. Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson s disease he s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery.His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and get out of the lemonade business altogether. Does he make it all of the way back? Read the book.
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Our History Is the Future - Nick Estes
One Book South Dakota Common Read, South Dakota Humanities Council, 2022PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, PEN America, 2020One Book One Tribe Book Award, First Nations Development Institute, 2020Finalist, Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, 2019Shortlist, Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize, 2019Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a personal story, and a manifesto. Now available in paperback on the fifth anniversary of its original publication, Our History Is the Future features a new afterword by Nick Estes about the rising indigenous campaigns to protect our environment from extractive industries and to shape new ways of relating to one another and the world.In this award-winning book, Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the present campaigns against fossil fuel pipelines, such as the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars, the Pick-Sloan dams, the American Indian Movement, and the campaign for Indigenous rights at the United Nations.In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the twenty-first century, attracting tens of thousands of Indigenous and non-Native allies from around the world. Its slogan “Mni Wiconi”—Water Is Life—was about more than just a pipeline. Water Protectors knew this battle for Native sovereignty had already been fought many times before, and that, even with the encampment gone, their anti-colonial struggle would continue.While a historian by trade, Estes draws on observations from the encampments and from growing up as a citizen of the Oceti Sakowin (the Nation of the Seven Council Fires) and his own family’s rich history of struggle.
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The Future of No Work - Filip Dřímalka - audiokniha
Audiokniha: It’s time to redefine how we work. We have been told for ages that technology would make our lives easier. Instead, we increasingly find ourselves drowning in tedious tasks and feeling trapped in the daily grind—overflowing calendars, endless to-do lists, and a never-ending stream of interruptions. And since we re always connected, our work never seems to end. Fortunately, the AI revolution is here, and it s about to change everything. Imagine a world where technology finally starts taking care of all the boring stuff so you can focus on what really matters to you. Where smart AI apps empower you to create anything you can imagine, and even the things you thought you could never achieve. Where you have the power to redesign work around your life, not the other way around. This is the era of No Work. It s not about escaping work but about using our skills and leveraging the possibilities unlocked by AI so that our days are primarily comprised of the things we are passionate about. Because that s how we can create something extraordinary. Inside this book, you ll find hundreds of practical examples and tips: - How to find, select, and use the right digital tools for anything you do. - How to make your productivity skyrocket with AI and reclaim your time. - How to do things your way—with greater freedom by automating more tasks. - How to craft the work you want, whether you re an entrepreneur or an employee. - How to seize new opportunities and build a future-proof career. This book is packed with tips on the best apps and tools driving the AI revolution, but it s about something even more powerful. It s about changing the way you think, mastering any new technology, and embracing timeless principles that will help you succeed, no matter what the future holds.
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