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The Meaning of the 21st Century

A VItal Blueprint of Ensuring Our Future

By James Martin

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| Paperback | 9781903919866

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A devastating analysis of the direction we are headed and a powerful prescription for change — from the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of The Wired Society.

James Martin, one of the world’s most widely respected authorities on the impact of technology on society, argues that we aContinue

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This book is very interesting: It tells you how the humanity has reached the point where it is right now, and it promises to list some hints to try to fix the mess we have created.
This is the table of contents:
The transition generation
What got us into this mess?
Rich kids and their trust funds ... (continue)

This book is very interesting: It tells you how the humanity has reached the point where it is right now, and it promises to list some hints to try to fix the mess we have created.
This is the table of contents:
The transition generation
What got us into this mess?
Rich kids and their trust funds
Too many people
The giant in the kitchen
Destitute nations
Climate catastrophe
Invisible mayhem
Genetically modified humans?
Nanodeluge
Automated evolution
The transhuman condition
The awesome meaning of this century
A perfect storm
The vital role of corporations
Culture's crucible
A counter-terrorist world
World scenarios
A great civilization?
Values of the future
Cathedrals of cyberspace
Rich and poor
Russian Roulette with Homo sapiens
Revolution
App. 1
The chessboard of growing computer power
App. 2
NHL (non-human-like) intelligence techniques

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