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Scary Smart
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
- By: Mo Gawdat
- Narrated by: Mo Gawdat
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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Scary Smart is an insider look at the future not only of technology and AI, but of our species, together with an accessible blueprint for what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love and the planet itself....
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THE Must Read book of this decade
- By Anonymous User on 21-10-2021
By: Mo Gawdat
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The Way We Are
- By: Hugh Mackay
- Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future.
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Fascinating deep dive into today’s culture
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-2024
By: Hugh Mackay
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....
By: William Strauss, and others
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Superforecasting
- The Art and Science of Prediction
- By: Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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From one of the world's most highly regarded social scientists, a transformative book on the habits of mind that lead to the best predictions....
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Of little value
- By Prophetmines on 22-02-2018
By: Philip Tetlock, and others
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The Next 100 Years
- A Forecast for the 21st Century
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Grounded in Friedman's unmatched grasp of both historical and contemporary trends, The Next 100 Years is a compelling, realistic, and eye-opening portrait of the future....
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No structured assessment - cognitive bias and blind to Asia
- By Gareth Johnston on 06-09-2017
By: George Friedman
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Hospicing Modernity
- Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
- By: Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Narrated by: Dougald Hine, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Vanessa Machado de Oliveira presents us with a challenge: to grow up, step up, and show up for ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth, and to interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet we’re part of....
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So good
- By Anonymous User on 04-12-2023
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Scary Smart
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
- By: Mo Gawdat
- Narrated by: Mo Gawdat
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Scary Smart is an insider look at the future not only of technology and AI, but of our species, together with an accessible blueprint for what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love and the planet itself....
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THE Must Read book of this decade
- By Anonymous User on 21-10-2021
By: Mo Gawdat
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The Way We Are
- By: Hugh Mackay
- Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future.
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Fascinating deep dive into today’s culture
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-2024
By: Hugh Mackay
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The Fourth Turning
- What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
- By: William Strauss, Neil Howe
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....
By: William Strauss, and others
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Superforecasting
- The Art and Science of Prediction
- By: Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the world's most highly regarded social scientists, a transformative book on the habits of mind that lead to the best predictions....
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Of little value
- By Prophetmines on 22-02-2018
By: Philip Tetlock, and others
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The Next 100 Years
- A Forecast for the 21st Century
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Grounded in Friedman's unmatched grasp of both historical and contemporary trends, The Next 100 Years is a compelling, realistic, and eye-opening portrait of the future....
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No structured assessment - cognitive bias and blind to Asia
- By Gareth Johnston on 06-09-2017
By: George Friedman
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Hospicing Modernity
- Facing Humanity's Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
- By: Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Narrated by: Dougald Hine, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Vanessa Machado de Oliveira presents us with a challenge: to grow up, step up, and show up for ourselves, our communities, and the living Earth, and to interrupt the modern behavior patterns that are killing the planet we’re part of....
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So good
- By Anonymous User on 04-12-2023
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Dark Future
- Uncovering the Great Reset's Terrifying Next Phase (The Great Reset Series)
- By: Glenn Beck, Justin Trask Haskins
- Narrated by: Glenn Beck
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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At important meetings in 2021 and 2022, powerful leaders from government, finance, media, and business who support the World Economic Forum’s plan for a Great Reset of capitalism launched a new “call to action” titled the “Great Narrative”....
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Glenn's ability to transfer our bleek future while still being able to have a sence of humour about it is outstanding.
- By Steve Dickens on 29-05-2024
By: Glenn Beck, and others
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Morality in the 21st Century
- A BBC Radio 4 Philosophy and Ethics Series
- By: Jonathan Sacks
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sacks, Melinda Gates, Jordan Peterson, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to the world's leading thinkers about morality today....
By: Jonathan Sacks
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Pagan America
- The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come
- By: John Daniel Davidson
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in an anxious age. Long-held certainties, cherished beliefs, and social trust are crumbling. Don’t expect things to get better. For too long we have taken our Christian heritage—the heritage upon which America was built—for granted.
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The Second American Revolution/Civil War
- By: Rick Joyner
- Narrated by: Lee Alan
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
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In 2018, I had a dream of a coming second American Revolution/Civil War. In this dream, I saw events that are now unfolding at a rapid pace. I saw the conclusion of our present trauma, and the triumph over the evil that has been subduing our land. I saw how this victory will be accomplished....
By: Rick Joyner
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The Future Is Faster Than You Think
- How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives
- By: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
- Narrated by: Peter H. Diamandis
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era....
By: Peter H. Diamandis, and others
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Vida contemplativa [Contemplative Life]
- Elogio de la inactividad [Praise of Inactivity]
- By: Byung-Chul Han, Miguel Alberti
- Narrated by: Javier Portugués (Portu)
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Un poderoso llamamiento a abandonar la vida hiperactiva para recuperar el sentido de nuestras vidas, el equilibrio y la riqueza interior....
By: Byung-Chul Han, and others
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Get Abundance
- Why Your Future Is Brighter Than You Think
- By: Peter Diamandis
- Narrated by: Peter Diamandis
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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How would you like to be the center of a massive outpouring of wealth, innovation, success, and prosperity....
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Great message and authenticity
- By Anonymous User on 25-04-2017
By: Peter Diamandis
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The Patterning Instinct
- A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning
- By: Jeremy Lent, Fritjof Capra - foreword
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world....
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Wonderful, gripping, sweeping work
- By Alexa Forbes on 09-07-2018
By: Jeremy Lent, and others
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The Mobile Wave
- How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything
- By: Michael Saylor
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mobile Wave argues that the changes brought by mobile computing are so big and widespread that it’s impossible for us to see it all, even though we are all immersed in it....
By: Michael Saylor
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- By: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
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Charles Eisenstein explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self....
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Destroy Erase Improve
- By Mike on 08-01-2018
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Artificial Intelligence
- A Guide for Thinking Humans
- By: Melanie Mitchell
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Melanie Mitchell, Tony Wolf
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Interweaving stories about the science and the people behind it, Artificial Intelligence brims with clear-sighted, captivating, and approachable accounts of the most interesting and provocative modern work in AI, flavored with Mitchell’s humor and personal observations....
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Explanations
- By mikeberry2 on 11-04-2024
By: Melanie Mitchell
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How Economics Can Save the World
- Simple Ideas to Solve Our Biggest Problems
- By: Erik Angner
- Narrated by: Nikolas Salmon
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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Economics has the power to make the world a better, happier and safer place: this book shows you how....
By: Erik Angner
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Age of the City
- Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together
- By: Ian Goldin, Tom Lee-Devlin
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced....
By: Ian Goldin, and others
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The Inevitable
- Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
- By: Kevin Kelly
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the 12 technological imperatives that will shape the next 30 years and transform our lives. Much of what will happen in the next 30 years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion....
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Good picture of future tech
- By Sarah Collins on 19-07-2017
By: Kevin Kelly
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- By: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrated by: Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage....
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Falls short of expectation
- By Sejin Pak on 16-09-2015
By: Graham Allison, and others
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Emergent Strategy
- By: adrienne maree brown
- Narrated by: adrienne maree brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to help us shape the futures we want....
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Revolutionary, exciting and as ancient as fractals.
- By Anonymous User on 03-02-2024
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The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
- By: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Paul Geiger
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling....
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Sparky
- By Joseph Dobson on 27-07-2020
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Progress
- Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future
- By: Johan Norberg
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive....
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Too good to be true? Hopefully not.
- By KJ on 03-09-2017
By: Johan Norberg
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Future Shock
- By: Alvin Toffler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Future Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization and illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless cliches about today....
By: Alvin Toffler
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The Age of Spiritual Machines
- When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Abridged
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Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest living visionaries. Now he offers a framework for envisioning the 21st century....
By: Ray Kurzweil
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How to Create a Mind
- The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Ray Kurzweil is arguably today’s most influential—and often controversial—futurist. In How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil presents a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilization....
By: Ray Kurzweil
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Best Things First
- By: Bjorn Lomborg
- Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are supposed to be delivered by 2030....
By: Bjorn Lomborg
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Converge
- A Futurist’s Insights into the Potential of Our World as Technology and Humanity Collide
- By: Dr. Catherine Ball
- Narrated by: Dr. Catherine Ball
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Multi-award-winning scientific futurist Dr. Catherine Ball presents insights into how technology and science are providing answers to many of the challenges the world is facing today....
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The Elon Musk Mission
- Making the Future Awesome: How Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink Are Changing the World
- By: Randy Kirk, Lars Strandridder, Brian Wang, and others
- Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Self-driving electric cars! Trips to the Moon and Mars! A world where fossil fuels are no longer needed! An age where humanoid robots will do the dangerous, boring jobs! Welcome to the world that Elon Musk is creating....
By: Randy Kirk, and others
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Great Britain?
- How We Get Our Future Back
- By: Torsten Bell
- Narrated by: Torsten Bell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Great Britain? is a much-needed antidote to the pervading sense that Britain is going backwards rather than forwards. It is both a clear-eyed and rigorous diagnosis of the problems facing our country – a unique toxicity of huge inequality and stagnant economic growth – and a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future: by building an investment nation of good work, resilient communities and secure homes, a society in which both burdens and prosperity are shared.
By: Torsten Bell
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Habits for Humanity
- 10 Lessons to Reconnect and Thrive in the Modern World
- By: Dr Tim Sharp
- Narrated by: Dr Tim Sharp
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Most people think about technology as something we created to serve us, but we may well be getting to the point where we are the ones who're serving an ever more sophisticated technology. With pragmatism and optimism, Dr Tim Sharp, aka Dr Happy, outlines strategies and tools to build your confidence to positively cope with the modern world.
By: Dr Tim Sharp
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The Atomic Human
- Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
- By: Neil D. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Neil D. Lawrence
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the centre of the world. Neil D. Lawrence's visionary book shows why these fears may be misplaced. By contrasting our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence through history, The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded.
By: Neil D. Lawrence
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World War ‘D’
- The Intersection of Cyber and Biological Pandemics
- By: Christopher Rence
- Narrated by: Liam Alan
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Life has never been easier thanks to the advancement of technology. However, with all new technological advancements also come new risks. The most drastically increasing issue in the world today is not biological warfare, but cyber warfare. Data has become the single most valuable commodity in today’s world, and, of course, there are always people lurking around the corner, trying to get their hands on it.
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Brave New Words
- How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
- By: Salman Khan
- Narrated by: Salman Khan
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words, Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, offering a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world. An insider in the world of education technology, Khan explains the ins and outs of these cutting-edge tools and how they will forever change the way we learn and teach.
By: Salman Khan
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The Way We Are
- By: Hugh Mackay
- Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. Yet, none of our differences—whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion, cultural tastes and preferences, or gender—are nearly as significant as the humanity we share. Amidst our epidemics of loneliness, anxiety, depression, and the impacts of entrenched poverty and ubiquitous technology, The Way We Are examines the major trends that are shaking the foundations of the Australian way of life.
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Fascinating deep dive into today’s culture
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-2024
By: Hugh Mackay
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Great Britain?
- How We Get Our Future Back
- By: Torsten Bell
- Narrated by: Torsten Bell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Great Britain? is a much-needed antidote to the pervading sense that Britain is going backwards rather than forwards. It is both a clear-eyed and rigorous diagnosis of the problems facing our country – a unique toxicity of huge inequality and stagnant economic growth – and a hopeful case for reclaiming a different future: by building an investment nation of good work, resilient communities and secure homes, a society in which both burdens and prosperity are shared.
By: Torsten Bell
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Habits for Humanity
- 10 Lessons to Reconnect and Thrive in the Modern World
- By: Dr Tim Sharp
- Narrated by: Dr Tim Sharp
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Performance
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Story
Most people think about technology as something we created to serve us, but we may well be getting to the point where we are the ones who're serving an ever more sophisticated technology. With pragmatism and optimism, Dr Tim Sharp, aka Dr Happy, outlines strategies and tools to build your confidence to positively cope with the modern world.
By: Dr Tim Sharp
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The Atomic Human
- Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI
- By: Neil D. Lawrence
- Narrated by: Neil D. Lawrence
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the centre of the world. Neil D. Lawrence's visionary book shows why these fears may be misplaced. By contrasting our own intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence through history, The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded.
By: Neil D. Lawrence
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World War ‘D’
- The Intersection of Cyber and Biological Pandemics
- By: Christopher Rence
- Narrated by: Liam Alan
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Life has never been easier thanks to the advancement of technology. However, with all new technological advancements also come new risks. The most drastically increasing issue in the world today is not biological warfare, but cyber warfare. Data has become the single most valuable commodity in today’s world, and, of course, there are always people lurking around the corner, trying to get their hands on it.
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Brave New Words
- How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
- By: Salman Khan
- Narrated by: Salman Khan
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words, Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, offering a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world. An insider in the world of education technology, Khan explains the ins and outs of these cutting-edge tools and how they will forever change the way we learn and teach.
By: Salman Khan
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The Way We Are
- By: Hugh Mackay
- Narrated by: Hugh Mackay
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. Yet, none of our differences—whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion, cultural tastes and preferences, or gender—are nearly as significant as the humanity we share. Amidst our epidemics of loneliness, anxiety, depression, and the impacts of entrenched poverty and ubiquitous technology, The Way We Are examines the major trends that are shaking the foundations of the Australian way of life.
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Fascinating deep dive into today’s culture
- By Anonymous User on 08-05-2024
By: Hugh Mackay