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Imagine the world of tomorrow : forty contemporary thinkers tested by imagination
\"What is imagination? It is what allows humans to differentiate ourselves from machines. In the era of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning, it is more crucial than ever for humans to develop and cultivate their imaginations to survive. This book demonstrates the importance of imagination. It brings together a large number of one of kind personalities from all walks of life, from philosophers and artists to scientists and teachers. What each personality has in common is the fact they have imagined their lives in a unique way. Through their contributions, readers will gain a better understanding of the role and importance of imagination and be inspired by their paths which are as different as they are original\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The future and why we should avoid it : killer robots, the apocalypse and other topics of mild concern
\"The future holds many unknowns: advances in medical technology, increased airport security and critical new inventions like sentient, polygraph-enabled, wireless toasters. Luckily, Maclean's columnist Scott Feschuk has written a survival guide--part how-to manual, part product guide, part apocalypse analysis and part sardonic observation--to help us navigate these troubled times. Or at least make us laugh while we try. The Future and Why We Should Avoid It envisions the daunting, depressing era we have to look forward to with the best of Feschuk's musings on aging, death, technology, inventions, health and leisure. Combining quizzes, voiceovers and speeches, and employing snark, innuendo, toilet humor and shameless mockery--because how else do you cope with the fact that one day you will die?--Feschuk contemplates the fate of humanity and the planet in the upcoming years, poking fun, provoking thought and dredging up silver linings in even the darkest forecasts\"--From publisher.
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Editors' Introduction
This year's annual John W. Holmes issue was initially conceived as an examination of the past, present, and future of North American air defence. Andrea Charron and Jim Fergusson of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba are in the midst of an extensive study of the future of NORAD, and they encouraged a number of their colleagues to submit their most recent research to International Journal. Matthew Trudgen's historical investigation of the Distant Early Warning Line and Joseph Jockel and Joel Sokolsky's policy brief on the future of NORAD bookend Charron and Fergusson's own new research on NORAD to launch the issue.
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How it feels to be swallowed by a black hole
Into the unknown.
An attractive prospect?
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We want world wonders : building architectural myths
This book explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderment. It examines current classifications and it wonders about new categories. Through the eyes of students it speculates on possible fields that might propel us towards the realization of new world wonders, of exemplary and wonderful projects. It forms a new atlas of wonders. 'We Want World Wonders' is the seventh book in 'The Why Factory's Future Cities' series--Back cover.
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The house of writers : a novel
A playful novel set in 2050, when the publishing industry has collapsed, literature has become a micro-niche interest, and Scotland itself has become an enormous call center. Those writers who remain reside in a dilapidated towerblock, where they churn out hack works tailored to please their small audiences. The novel weaves together individual stories of life inside (and outside) the building, where each floor houses a different genre, as the writers fight to keep the process of literature alive with varying degrees of success.
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The Congress
A taste of success.
The Congress by Dave Kavanaugh
Be careful what you wish for…
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