Future World

In "The Banner of Shamballa", the enlightened sage Valiant Thor (also known as "The Stranger at the Pentagon"), talks about what he considers to be one of the most valuable and informative topics that a metaphysical teacher can give to a Western audience. He discusses the coming of Maitreya, the great teacher, who, according to ancient prophecies, will guide mankind from our current darkness into the light.

From the ocean floor to outer space, China’s Digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking listeners on a journey inside China’s surveillance state, rural America, and Africa’s megacities, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China’s expanding digital footprint looks like on the ground and explores the economic and strategic consequences of a future in which all routers lead to Beijing.

Charles Booker grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kentucky, living in the largely segregated West End of Louisville. Faith and love were everything in his family, but material comforts were scarce. The electricity was sometimes shut off. His mother often went hungry so her son could eat. Even after he graduated from law school, Booker rationed the insulin he took for diabetes. Determined to build a world in which poverty and racism would not plague future generations, he charted his own course into Kentucky politics, a world dominated by the myth of an urban-rural divide.

Work defines who we are. It determines our status and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hardwired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are.

New York Times best-selling author Keith Ferrazzi offers a bold new vision for what the organization of the future looks like - digital, distributed, inclusive, resilient, empathic - and the emerging best leadership practices that will redefine success in the ever-evolving world of work. Based on an ambitious global research initiative involving thousands of executives, innovators, and changemakers who have redefined their strategies, business models, organizational systems, and even their cultures, this book documents the workplace innovations.

Eleven stories of speculative religion. "Spark" follows a man who spends a fortune to make life from nonlife. A man boasts only God can publish his book--"Publisher." In "How to Grow Apples," a man cannot contain his happiness. American soldiers in 1945 France believe the war is over, instead they confront "The Ghosts of Compiegne." God, "The Programmer," dismantles the universe. "The Day Mosquitoes Learned to Suck Blood" is the evolution of a species. Someone shoots down Santa's sleigh over Alaska and his friend comes to help, thus "Jesus in the Snow." In "The Conference of the Atoms." ...

Investigations Of Agent Adams eBook series, episode 7. When knowledge is power, power becomes dangerous. Senator Richard Fox believed he had unlocked the future itself. With access to Ersa, an advanced AI capable of simulating reality decades ahead, he saw an opportunity to stake his claim on untapped innovation, patenting technologies from a future that didn't yet exist. But as greed warps his vision, and ambition blinds him to the forces watching from the shadows, the senator’s web of deception begins to crumble. Federal investigators close in, his once-loyal allies turn away, and the ...

Step beyond the veil of the visible world. In this book, the author shares her dialogues with elves, feline extraterrestrials, and beings from the Inner Earth. Through these encounters, the hidden history and unfolding future of Earth are unveiled. She reveals the secrets behind the current matrix, reconnects with the lost wisdom of the subtle universe, and traces the path that leads back to unity—with our expanded consciousness and the Absolute Source. The book also explores: Irish mythology and the Otherworld as a reflection of the original, subtle universe, Norse mythology and the ...

World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.

Winner of the Gold Award in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year competition, this groundbreaking book describes the unique challenges of women and girls with Asperger's Syndrome. In it you'll hear candid stories written by the indomitable women who have lived them. You'll also hear from experts who discuss whether Aspie girls are slipping under the radar, undiagnosed.

Following the death of their matriarch, the lives of Chye Hoon's family are turned upside down. Now that the British have fled and the Japanese have conquered, their once-benign world changes overnight. Amid the turmoil, Chye Hoon's daughter-in-law, Mei Foong, must fend for her family as her husband, Weng Yu, becomes increasingly embittered. Challenged in ways she never could have imagined and forced into hiding, Mei Foong finds a deep reservoir of resilience she did not know she had and soon draws the attentions of another man.

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern.

Step into 'The Unfolding Era,' a captivating journey through the quarter-century (1999-2024) of technological metamorphosis that reshaped our world, from the dial-up modem’s hesitant hum to the pervasive intelligence of AI. This sweeping novel chronicles revolutionary innovations—high-speed internet, smartphones, artificial intelligence, social media, and breakthroughs like mRNA vaccines and CRISPR gene editing—not as abstract forces, but through the intimate experiences of individuals whose lives were irrevocably altered by each new wave. Witness their moments of discovery, ...

An ancient alien artifact could cost Captain Kirk and his crew their minds and their lives...and Spock must solve ages-old mysteries before his captain and crewmates are lost forever! Featuring a dramatic reading by Walter Koenig and enhanced with sound effects and an original score.

Major disruptive changes are coming to the future of food and agriculture. Trends and technologies in place before the COVID-19 pandemic have been accelerated. Automation, robotics, and blockchain will be critical elements of a disruptive future for food and agriculture. But even more important disruptions will come from technologies pushing to meet the rising global demand for calories and protein. With the global population likely to increase by 2 around billion through 2050, the future of agriculture is fraught with challenges that we must rise to meet. In The Future of Food and ...

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.

What future forces will affect a leaders ability to lead in the next year, five years, 10 years? We are in a time of disruptive leadership change. In a VUCA world - one characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity - traditional leadership skills won't be enough, noted futurist Bob Johansen argues.

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today comes a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies. Party of One shatters the many myths that shroud one of the world’s most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics.

A lo largo del último siglo, la humanidad ha logrado lo imposible frenando la hambruna, la peste y la guerra. Por primera vez en la historia, más personas mueren por obesidad que por pasar hambre y hay más probabilidades de quitarse la vida que de morir en un conflicto bélico o un atentado terrorista.

In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the “wise gals” by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humor and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels.