In Ray Kurzweils New York Times bestseller The Singularity is Near, the futurist and entrepreneur describes the Singularity, a likely future utterly different than anything we can imagine. The Singularity is triggered by the tremendous growth of human and computing intelligence …
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"Placing a clear emphasis on Daoism as a living, changing culture, Miller focuses on the principal themes in Daoist thought in order to explain how Daoism is reinvented by each new generation. Complete with a timeline of key events and a helpful glossary, this sympathetic introd…
We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from the doctor, it was the philosophers who offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Here, James…
This volume contains a selection of authoritative essays exploring the central questions raised by the conjectured technological singularity. In informed yet jargon-free contributions written by active research scientists, philosophers and sociologists, it goes beyond philosophi…
Make the most advanced predictive analytical processes easy using Watson Analytics with this easy-to-follow practical guideAbout This Book This is the first and the only book on IBM Watson Analytics, and it shows you how to leverage Watson in an enterprise environment through ri…
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Religion, Modernity, and Ecology -- 2. The Subjectivity of Nature -- 3. Liquid Ecology -- 4. The Porosity of the Body -- 5. The Locative Imagination -- 6. The Political Ecology of the Daoist Body -- 7. From Mode…
How can Daoism, China's indigenous religion, give us the aesthetic, ethical, political, and spiritual tools to address the root causes of our ecological crisis and construct a sustainable future? In China's Green Religion, James Miller shows how Daoism orients individuals toward…
How can Daoism, China's indigenous religion, give us the aesthetic, ethical, political, and spiritual tools to address the root causes of our ecological crisis and construct a sustainable future? In China's Green Religion, James Miller shows how Daoism orients individuals toward…