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God, Human, Animal, Machine
- Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
- By: Meghan O'Gieblyn
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks...
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Very not coherent book
- By Saad Kamoona on 26-06-25
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God, Human, Animal, Machine
- Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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The Everything Blueprint
- The Microchip Design That Changed the World
- By: James Ashton
- Narrated by: James Ashton
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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A big source of tension between the US and China at the moment is technology. And one very small component is now at the centre of this battle for global dominance: the microchip. Controlling chip manufacturing in the 21st century may well prove to be like controlling the oil supply in the 20th. The country that controls this manufacturing can throttle the military and economic power of others. At the heart of this battle is ARM Holdings. The Everything Blueprint describes the titanic power struggle for control of the microchip.
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Outstanding Business Book
- By J D A LAING on 12-10-24
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The Everything Blueprint
- The Microchip Design That Changed the World
- Narrated by: James Ashton
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines
- By: Patrick Grim, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick Grim
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall4
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Performance3
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In Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines, philosopher Patrick Grim traces the story of AI from ancient legends to the neural networks behind today’s breakthroughs. You see how modern systems became so powerful so quickly. You also explore the very meaning of “intelligence,” discovering how modern AI succeeds by drawing on three resources: vast datasets that let systems learn from examples; deep-learning architectures loosely modeled on the brain’s layers; and feedback loops that help models refine their behavior.
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hit and miss
- By Michael Bordin on 12-02-26
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence: Of Minds and Machines
- Narrated by: Patrick Grim
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 23-01-26
- Language: English
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight
- Power in the Era of Post-Humanity
- By: Slavoj Žižek
- Narrated by: Jamie East
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance112
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Penguin presents the audiobook of Like A Thief In Broad Daylight by Slavoj Žižek read by Jamie East. In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek...
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Excellent text, sub-par performance
- By G Douglas Whistler on 14-02-19
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight
- Power in the Era of Post-Humanity
- Narrated by: Jamie East
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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How AI Really Thinks
- The Top 10 Secrets Powering Today’s Most Advanced Technologies
- By: Julian Vexley
- Narrated by: Michelle Peitz
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall99
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Performance89
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How AI Really Thinks takes you behind the screen and uncovers the ten core secrets that make modern artificial intelligence work. You’ll discover why data acts as AI’s fuel, how algorithms function as its rulebook, and how machines learn from examples the same way people learn from experience. You’ll explore the training methods that help AI recognise pictures and understand speech, and you’ll see how neural networks—loosely inspired by the human brain—allow AI to detect patterns far too complex for us to notice.
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Quite dumbed down content
- By Matt R on 27-05-26
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How AI Really Thinks
- The Top 10 Secrets Powering Today’s Most Advanced Technologies
- Narrated by: Michelle Peitz
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 19-12-25
- Language: English
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Read Write Own
- Building the Next Era of the Internet
- By: Chris Dixon
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance48
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Story48
Brought to you by Penguin. What will the internet of the future look like? The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a democratic network of unbridled innovation. In the last decade, it has fallen under the control of a small number of monopolistic companies like Apple, Google...
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Narrator
- By Luke Hughes on 15-11-24
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Read Write Own
- Building the Next Era of the Internet
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-02-24
- Language: English
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The Irrational Decision
- How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us
- By: Benjamin Recht
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision tells the story of how they settled on a peculiar mathematical definition of rationality in which every decision is a statistical question of risk. Benjamin Recht traces how this quantitative standard came to define our understanding of rationality, looking at the history of optimization, game theory, statistical testing, and machine learning.
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The Irrational Decision
- How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose for Us
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 10-03-26
- Language: English
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Data Grab
- The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
- By: Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry
- Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Colonialism has not disappeared; it has taken a new form. In the new world order where data is the new oil, big Tech companies are grabbing our most basic natural resources - our data - exploiting our labour and connections, and repackaging our information to control our views, track our movements, record our conversations and discriminate against us. In this searing, cutting-edge guide, two leading global researchers and founders of the concept of data colonialism reveal how history can help us understand the emerging future - and how we can fight back.
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Data Grab
- The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back
- Narrated by: Laurence Dobiesz
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-02-24
- Language: English
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Because Internet
- Understanding how language is changing
- By: Gretchen McCulloch
- Narrated by: Gretchen McCulloch
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance85
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Brought to you by Penguin. THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Because Internet is for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a...
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Amazing job reading about typed text by the author!
- By Kirstie Whitaker on 19-01-20
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Because Internet
- Understanding how language is changing
- Narrated by: Gretchen McCulloch
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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Technology Is Not Neutral
- A Short Guide to Technology Ethics
- By: Stephanie Hare
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hare
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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It seems that just about every new technology that we bring to bear on improving our lives brings with it some downside, side effect, or unintended consequence. These issues can pose very real and growing ethical problems for all of us. For example, automated facial recognition can make life easier and safer for us—but it also poses huge issues with regard to privacy, ownership of data, and even identity theft. Technology Is Not Neutral addresses one of today’s most pressing problems: How to create and use tools and technologies to maximize benefits and minimize harms.
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A “must listen” for anyone in technology!
- By KullaShaker95 on 26-08-24
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Technology Is Not Neutral
- A Short Guide to Technology Ethics
- Narrated by: Stephanie Hare
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 12-04-22
- Language: English
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Scrolling Ourselves to Death
- Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age
- By: Brett McCracken, Ivan Mesa, Collin Hansen, and others
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 40th anniversary of Neil Postman's prophetic book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Scrolling Ourselves to Death gathers today's most incisive writers to think critically about the shaping power of contemporary technology. This book explores Postman's insights, connects them to the challenges facing Christians today, and turns difficult challenges into life-giving opportunities for the church. Stepping back from their screens, listeners will be equipped to live faithfully, and grow spiritually, in a "scrolling ourselves to death" world.
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Great book, well read
- By aeroroar on 30-04-25
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Scrolling Ourselves to Death
- Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age
- Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 15-04-25
- Language: English
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The Jobs To Be Done Playbook
- Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs
- By: Jim Kalbach, Michael Schrage - foreword
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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These days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alternatives with a simple tap. Focusing on customer needs isn't a nice-to-have, it's a strategic imperative. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook (JTBD) helps organizations turn market insight into action. This book shows you techniques to make offerings people want, as well as make people want your offering.
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Does not work as an audiobook
- By Echternacher on 24-01-25
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The Jobs To Be Done Playbook
- Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 28-05-24
- Language: English
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- By: Verity Harding
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI’s power grows, so does the need to figure out what—and who—this technology is really for. AI Needs You argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in answering this urgent question and ensuring that AI fulfills its promise.
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AI Needs You
- How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-03-24
- Language: English
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The Echo Chamber Effect
- 10 Ways Social Media Shapes Opinions (The Calm Living Collection)
- By: Elira Fontayne
- Narrated by: Robert Orzechowski
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall63
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Performance40
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In a world more connected than ever, we have never been more divided. The Echo Chamber Effect is a powerful and deeply thought-provoking exploration of how social media platforms quietly shape the way we think, feel, and interact. Drawing on psychology, technology, and human behaviour, Elira Fontayne exposes the subtle mechanics that transform our online experiences into self-reinforcing bubbles of belief.
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Reclaim your thought process
- By Drew Mc kenzie on 24-05-26
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The Echo Chamber Effect
- 10 Ways Social Media Shapes Opinions (The Calm Living Collection)
- Narrated by: Robert Orzechowski
- Series: The Calm Living Collection, Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 24-11-25
- Language: English
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Artificial General Intelligence
- (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
- By: Julian Togelius
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Artificial intelligence surrounds us. More and more of the systems and services you interact with every day are based on AI technology. Most AI is narrowly specific; that is, it can only do a single thing, in a single context. Human intelligence is different. We can solve a variety of tasks, including those we have not seen before. In Artificial General Intelligence, Julian Togelius explores technical approaches to developing more general artificial intelligence and asks what general AI would mean for human civilization.
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Artificial General Intelligence
- (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
- Narrated by: Steve Marvel
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 13-08-24
- Language: English
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- By: Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance35
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolutionby Klaus Schwab and Nicholas Davis, read by Nicholas Guy Smith. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way our economies...
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this guy is a psychopath!
- By searl on 31-01-22
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- A guide to building a better world
- Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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Speed
- How it Explains the World from the Bestselling Author
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. Explore how speed influences every aspect of life on Earth, from the slow grind of geological processes and the fleeting lifespans of organisms to the astonishing speed of light and the remarkable adaptations of creatures like the swift antelope and the soaring...
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Speed
- How it Explains the World from the Bestselling Author
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 27-11-25
- Language: English
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The Facebook Effect
- The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
- By: David Kirkpatrick
- Narrated by: David Kirkpatrick
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall165
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Performance68
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In little more than half a decade, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising effects, even becoming instrumental in political protests from Colombia to Iran.
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Interesting and informative
- By Matthew on 17-03-11
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The Facebook Effect
- The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
- Narrated by: David Kirkpatrick
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-07-10
- Language: English
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World Eaters
- How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy
- By: Catherine Bracy
- Narrated by: Catherine Bracy
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Award for Current Events & Public Affairs Longlisted for the Non-Obvious Book Award 2025 A Next Big Idea Book Club March 2025 Must-Read An urgent and illuminating perspective that offers a window into how the most pernicious aspects of the venture...
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A smart and fresh perspective on venture capital and its harms
- By paul j davies on 01-06-25
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World Eaters
- How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy
- Narrated by: Catherine Bracy
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-03-25
- Language: English
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The Future Starts Here
- An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next
- By: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall211
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Performance178
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At some point in the 1980s we gave up on the future. Before then, we imagined wonderful days to come, free from disease, work and want, in television series like Star Trek or events such as the 1939 Futurama World Fair. When we look ahead now, we tell dystopian stories of environmental collapse, zombie plagues and the end of civilisation. If it is true that we have to imagine the future before we build it, then this is deeply worrying.
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Hope with reasons
- By WH Humphreys on 05-07-19
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The Future Starts Here
- An Optimistic Guide to What Comes Next
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 16-05-19
- Language: English
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