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Constitution 3.0: freedom and technological change

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, breathtaking changes in technology are posing stark challenges to our constitutional values. From free speech to privacy, from liberty and personal autonomy to the right against self-incrimination, basic constitutional principles are…

The weather of the future: heat waves, extreme storms, and other scenes from…

by Cullen, Heidi

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From one of America's foremost experts on weather and climate change and a senior research scientist with Climate Central, comes this work, a book that predicts what different parts of the world will look like in the year 2050 if current levels of carbon emissions are maintained.

Countdown: our last, best hope for a future on earth?

by Weisman, Alan

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Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth - and also the hardest: how many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Ca…

What should we be worried about?: real scenarios that keep scientists up at night

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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Drawing from the horizons of science, today's leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking about - and expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by. What should we be worried about? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the …

Transition to the golden age in 2032

by Cooper, Diana

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Explaining what will happen after the spiritual changes predicted to occur in the year 2012 according to ancient prophecies, this handbook shows how to tap into the energies of the universe to gain understanding of the changes taking place. Exciting new spiritual energies will b…

Machines that think: the future of artificial intelligence

by Walsh, Toby

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A scientist who has spent a career developing Artificial Intelligence takes a realistic look at the technological challenges and assesses the likely effect of AI on the future. Based on a deep understanding of the technology, Walsh describes where Artificial Intelligence is toda…

The age of em: work, love, and life when robots rule the earth

by Hanson, Robin

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A brain emulation, or "em," results from taking a particular human brain, scanning it to record its particular cell features and connections, and then building a computer model that processes signals in the same way. Ems will probably be feasible within about a hundred years. Th…

The Future of Nato

by Carpenter, Ted Galen

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Otte artikler på engelsk om NATOS fremtid set i lyset af Warsawapagtens sammenbrud og Sovjetunionens opløsning.

Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow

by Harari, Yuval Noaḥ

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During the 20th century, humankind has managed to do the impossible: we have brought famine, plague and war under control. Today, more people die from obesity than from starvation; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than ar…

Western Muslims and the future of Islam

by Ramadan, Tariq

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In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovat…

The last days of Europe: epitaph for an old continent

by Laqueur, Walter

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Forfatteren tegner et dystert billede af Europas fremtid, men redningen ligger i en besindelse på verdensdelens arv, som er hellenisme og kristendom og en restaurering af denne arvs eviggyldige principper

Cyborg citizen: politics in the posthuman age

by Gray, Chris Hables

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Publisher description: "The growing synergy of humans and technology--from dialysis to genetically altered foods to PET scans--is transforming how we view our minds and our bodies. But how has it changed the body politic? How can we forge a society that protects the rights of hu…

The signal and the noise: why most predictions fail but some don't

by Silver, Nate

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Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction.

Deep future: the next 100,000 years of life on Earth

by Stager, Curt

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A paleoclimatologist makes predictions about how environmental choices in the twenty-first century will affect life on the planet throughout the distant future, drawing on geological history to argue that global cooling poses a more significant threat