Social forecasting, future studies

In today s world, numbers are in the ascendancy.

This chilling account of the ';warm war' over control of the South China Seaone that is threatening to flare into full-scale conflictpresents a ';telling picture of the operational challenges the US Navy faces in the western Pacific' (Wall Street Journal) from an award-winning journalist with unprecedented access to the highest naval officers in America and China.

Life for early humans wasn't easy.

'A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not, or may, be about to transform humanity forever' JON RONSON'Beautifully written, and with wonderful humour, this is a thrilling adventure story of our own future' LEWIS DARTNELL, author of THE KNOWLEDGE and ORIGINSAre paperclips going to destroy life as we know it?

It's lucky you're here.

Over the past decade a small number of companies have changed every aspect of how we live, work and play.

The past decade has witnessed extraordinary advances in artificial intelligence.

By the end of this century, living beyond 100 will be the rule rather than the exception.

How do we rein in the power of Big Tech?

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How are borders built in the modern world?

*updated with new material*'Digital transformation' and 'disruptive innovation' used to be empty buzzwords serving to justify pointless box-ticking and absurd corporate posturing.

Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands.

Revelatory convey[s] the technical brilliance and political significance of an achievement that hides in plain sight TelegraphFrom satellites circling the Earth, to weather stations far out in the ocean, through some of the most ingenious minds and advanced algorithms at work today - In this gripping investigation, Andrew Blum takes us on a global journey.

Whether we have children or not we all want the future to be fairer and happier; and Zoe Williams believes that we need to make that happen collectively.

Britain's leading guru looks to the future.

The international bestseller'A manual for thinking clearly in an uncertain world.

While humanity faces unprecedented ecological and social challenges, advances in technology and our understanding of the mind are creating the conditions for a global renaissance.

If a country wants to remain economically vibrant, it needs to manufacture things.

We will not survive unless we adapt to the way the world is changing.

*Can you find the way to Davy's bar?

Today we are developing a science that could change the world - for good or ill - more quickly and more profoundly than ever before.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita can predict the future.

Mobilitätsideen, die Lust auf morgen machenBestseller-AutorinKatja Diehl und Science-Fiction-Erzähler Mario Sixtus fragen, wie die Menschen in Zukunft autofrei und klimafreundlich unterwegs sein werden und entwerfen konkrete Zukunftsvisionen.

In Future: All That Matters, Ziauddin Sardar shows that thinking and speculating about the future has always been a part of human history, but exploring the futures in a systematic and scientific way is a recent phenomenon.

Looking into the face of our alleged ape ancestor, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff dissects and debunks the astonishingly weak arguments for the evolutionary theory, revealing it as nothing more than a "e;fairy tale for grown-ups.

We are born with the instinct to create and invent.

Read this gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can fight the current Covid-19 pandemic.

We've always dreamed of perfect places: Eden, heaven, Oz - places over the rainbow, beyond death and loss.

Is our world becoming too complex and too fast-paced to manage?

Bookseller Charles Handy's best-selling new book looks at how individuals (the fleas in his analogy) relate to multi-national conglomerates (the elephants).

What will Asia look like ten years from now?

What will Asia look like ten years from now?

Here some of the state's most noted and qualified policy experts answer two vital questions: New Mexico 2050What can we be?

In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades.

In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30.

Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies.

It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book.

'Hugh Mackay is one of this country s most perceptive social commentators' - Sydney Morning HeraldInsightful and engaging, What Makes Us Tick?

Many years ago, Hugh Mackay wrote the bestseller Reinventing Australia that analysed, with forensic skill, what was happening to our society.

How social status shapes our dreams of the future and inhibits the lives we envision for ourselvesMost of us understand that a person's place in society can close doors to opportunity, but we also tend to think that anything is possible when someone dreams about what might be.

People, planet, profitOona Horx Strathern, Co-Founder Zukunftsinstitut Horx, betreibt eine kluge und erhellende Gegenwartsanalyse mit hohem Unterhaltungswert.

Health and Health Care 2010, Second Edition, offers well-researched coverage of health insurance, managed care, health care providers, the health workforce, medical technologies, information technologies, consumerism, public health services, mental health, child health, health of the elderly, chronic care, and health behaviors, and more.

Wireless Foresight deals with the development of the wireless communications industry and technology during the coming ten to fifteen years.

'A fascinating book .

A groundbreaking study that distinguishes the natural time of the cosmos from artificial mechanistic time.

In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear.

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'A simply wonderful book' PHILIPPE SANDS'Begin Again is that rare thing: an instant classic' PANKAJ MISHRA'Incredibly moving and stirring' DIANA EVANSAmerica is at a crossroads.

The author of the international bestseller The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: after doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?