Future World

The author envisions the future of Indian democracy in the 21st century amidst the influence of the technological revolution and other sets of challenges. The book explores the dreams and nightmares that will shape Indian democracy. It also shows where the citizens are headed in a clear-sighted manner. Whatever your beliefs are, you will start questioning the basic narratives of your surroundings as this book will help you connect past developments with present concerns and future issues.

H.G. Wells sets forth an intriguing first-hand observation of Italy, France, and Britain under severe duress during the "War to End All Wars," World War I. He insightfully examines the technological effects of modern warfare, particularly the introduction of the tank and aerial bombing on human nature.

Is Christianity really a white man's religion? Is it any good for Black people? Can a faith once used to enslave also empower Black lives? In The Gospel and My Black Skin, Dr. JP Foster boldly tackles the complex, often unspoken questions many Black people are asking today. As Christian...

What does it take to achieve an equal, just, and joy-filled world—and how do we sustain ourselves when the work is daunting? Lauren Schiller and Hadley Dynak, the award-winning team behind the nationally syndicated Inflection Point podcast and radio show about women's power in our modern world, have created an essential guide for action drawn from their interviews with groundbreaking activists, authors, artists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who have mobilized change and can show us the way.

Nothing is what it seems, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. The friends she can’t save. The family she can’t help. The lover she can’t live without. And don’t forget about the world. It all rests on Baya’s shoulders. She must piece together the truth about their history. Her path leads her to face her greatest regrets and her worst fears. She must restore what was stolen. Then Baya’s worst horrors will be realized.

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.

This audiobook is about predictions of the future from both projections of existing trends and possible major paradigm changes. It is possible to make pretty good future predictions by taking into account three things: technological and sociological trends; potential paradigm changes; and intuition. Technological trends are analyzed by and engineer, and intuition is used to help fix the most likely trends in our future.

Centuries have passed since the Communist Federation defeated the capitalist Empire, but humanity is still divided. A vast artificial-intelligence network, a psychiatric bureaucracy, and a tiny egalitarian council oversee civil affairs and quash “abnormal” attitudes such as romantic love. Disillusioned civilians renounce the new society and either forego technology to live as “primitives” or enhance their brains with cybernetic implants to become “cybos”.

A hinge moment in recent American history, 1995 was an exceptional year. Drawing on interviews, oral histories, memoirs, archival collections, and news reports, W. Joseph Campbell presents a vivid, detail-rich portrait of those memorable 12 months.

What if material gain could be married to emotional gain? With newly developed technology, it will be possible to benefit financially simply by spending quality time with those you love. We just have to decide if it's worth it. Currently, technology threatens to leave many behind and irreparably damage our communities, turning our future into a dystopia. But there is a solution.

What are the possibilities—and hazards—facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both of these countries? What does the immediate future hold, and what are America’s choices going forward? These are some of the crucial questions that Ahmed Rashid—Pakistan’s preeminent journalist—takes on in this follow-up to his acclaimed Descent into Chaos.

What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. With the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen

In The Messi Effect, Paul Tenorio, national soccer writer for The Athletic, draws on coveted insider access to bring readers behind the ropes and into the inner sanctum and chronicle the last act of Lionel Messi. The Messi Effect takes you inside the locker room and behind the scenes as...

The world has officially stopped. COVID-19 has raised many questions and concerns about our future and well-being. Nothing will ever be "normal" again. But what does that really mean? Our economy, neighbors, children, schools, and workforce are slowly changing as the result of this pandemic. So what will this new future look like? Will we need to change, and if so, what should we expect?

Everything changed when scientists discovered the drug. It looked like the cure for aging, but all progress comes with a price tag. Now, eternal youthfulness will be paid for by the blood of the innocent. The blood of “carriers” is the most valuable commodity on earth. When treated with a...

In this book, we will be looking at how technology has progressed through the years to get a glimpse of the future. Here, you will learn how humans lived their lives in the past and how technology has influenced that way of life and transformed it into what it is today. We will also discuss certain turning points in human society that lead us to where we are now.

In this incisive audiobook, Peter Hartcher reveals how decades of economic dependence left Australia open to the strategic ambitions of the most successful authoritarian regime in modern history. He shows how ideology, paranoia and Xi Jinping’s personal story have reshaped China and shines new light on Beijing’s overt and covert campaign for influence - over trade and defence, media and politics.

The past fifteen thousand years--the entire span of human civilization--have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below modern levels. Over the next eleven millennia, the oceans climbed in fits and starts. These rapid changes had little effect on those humans who experienced them, partly because there were so few people on earth, and also because they were able to adjust readily to new coastlines.

A mysterious man emerges from the wilderness of the mountains. On a journey to understand the modern world, this truth seeker explores the difficulties and obstacles on the path to self-awareness and self-care. In The Man the World Forgot, you are taken on a whirlwind journey down the West Coast with Enoch, who carries his own unique perspective on the world we live in. Are you struggling with social pressures and expectations? Are you finding yourself overwhelmed with the news bytes and social media treadmill? Join Enoch on his travels to understand our modern world.

What are you going to do when you retire? Sure, the idea of not going to the same job day after day is appealing, but what are you actually going to do? Many of us live a fairly stationary life, creating a home base and not wandering too far for very long. But after retirement, new options appear on the horizon. You have the freedom to wander and see all of the beautiful worldly locations you never got to explore as much as you wanted, living in a world of deadlines and limited paid time off.