Social Reality

Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging even more manageable. This new entry in the exciting Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse behind extending lifespans, and the numerous ways the quest for eternity forces us to reevaluate what it means to be human. Some experts believe that we haven’t fully realized our true human potential, and we are about to embark on an extraordinary evolutionary shift.

Between You and the Universe explores the expansive concept of reality by breaking it into three parts: science, symbols, and experience. You can explore what these distinct parts are and how they interweave to stitch everything around you. The goal is to present three mental models that explain how your reality emerges, from your idea of self to your understandings of the universe.

The modern-day media has warped our sense of reality, affecting every aspect of our lives and the way we perceptive the truth. Day in and day out, we are being sold lies because media effectively turns fiction into fact. After 50 years of the status quo, this book takes a deeper look at the secrets behind fraudulent news and how it has upended nearly every aspect of the public and the private lives of individuals, as well as the vital institutions in America. This book takes you into the reality of the media’s war on education, COVID tyranny, election fraud, and more.

Art is the creative manifestation of essences. In order to understand the relation between art and reality, we need a philosophical guide. The best way to comprehend how the creative act of imagining enables the mind to seek reality is to employ the kind of dialectical thinking that Plato used in his dialogues. Beginning with the shadows on the wall of the cave in which each person dwells, that process gradually enables us to grasp the essences that are manifested in individual works of art.

Imagine this: You’ve just hired someone for a job, but instead of showing initiative, they spend more time scrolling on their phone, wondering why they’re not the boss yet. Or perhaps you’ve seen a viral video of someone celebrated for doing… absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, your own hard work feels undervalued in a culture that rewards mediocrity. Sound familiar? In today’s world, intelligence, skill, and grit seem to take a back seat to viral fame and unearned entitlement. You’re left wondering: When did ambition become a dirty word?

In Fooling with the Amish, Dirk Eitzen examines the fakery in Amish Mafia and how actual viewers of the show responded to it to discover answers to two questions that have long puzzled media scholars: What is it about the so-called reality of reality shows that appeals to and gratifies viewers? How and why are people taken in by falsehoods in the media? Eitzen's ultimate answer to these questions is that, in taking liberties with facts, Amish Mafia works very much like gossip.

En la prensa escrita y en la digital, en las redes sociales y en los medios tradicionales, un torrente de mentiras, propaganda e inexactitudes - motivadas por el afán de dinero, notoriedad o poder - se mezcla y confunde con el reporte de hechos reales. Jamás ha sido tan fácil ser engañado: a la censura y el espionaje se han sumado la sobreinformación y las fake news. En este escenario, que parece sacado de una distopía orwelliana, la ética periodística, la confirmación y el rigor parecen reliquias olvidadas.

En la Programación Neurolingüística una creencia limitante es un pensamiento que tenemos sobre nosotros mismos y/o un modelo del mundo que tenemos interiorizado y que limita la forma en que vivimos. Esta creencia limitante se encuentra dentro de nuestro sistema interno, y por lo tanto moldeará nuestras respuestas al mundo externo y las oportunidades que nos rodean. La PNL nos va a ayudar a cambiar nuestro sistema de creencias y expande nuestro mapa mental. Un nuevo y más amplio mundo lleno de oportunidades se abrirá ante tus ojos.

Our world is spinning out of control. We are moving through change like our generation has never experienced. If a crescendo of credible authors today is right, deep-seated hardship awaits us. But calamity is not the end of the story. God has a purpose for troubling times. As we face the days ahead, we will not only survive but also thrive if we will build our lives on the foundations of faith shown us in God’s Word. In this book Dwight Smith mixes a bit of stark reality with divine hope. Yes, we may suffer, but as we exercise our faith, then no matter what we face in our personal lives, ...

This audiobook contains a combination of meditative, narrative, and lyrical poetry expressed in a raw yet sophisticated manner, filled with colorful colloquial soliloquies conveying creative confessions through self-observation. It embodies aspects of life that people can relate to...It’s a front row seat into areas of life that some are familiar with and appreciate while others can experience the thrill of urban culture without risking anything other than enjoying one hell of a ride.

Understanding Reality & the Theory of Expression is a remarkable and groundbreaking book that will leave you with a newfound perspective on life and the world around you. This book was written by John Ogunyanwo, a British-born Nigerian man who wrote it while serving a six-year sentence in solitary confinement in a Japanese prison at the young age of 21, just coming into the adult years of his life as a man.

Most people have heard about quantum physics and its remarkable, well-nigh bizarre claims. And most people would assume that quantum reality describes a world quite different from ours. In this book, David A. Grandy shows that one can find quantum puzzles, or variations thereof, in the backyard of everyday experience.

Caught in a legal hurricane, Donald Trump faces a staggering 91 felony charges across a labyrinth of state and federal courts. These accusations, ranging from electoral fraud to document mishandling, carry the chilling threat of prison time. But the storm rages beyond criminal courts. A New York civil suit accuses him of orchestrating a years-long pyramid scheme of inflated property values, potentially toppling his business empire. And like persistent rain clouds, ongoing investigations, and legal proceedings shadow both his personal life and his political aspirations.

Do you want to help the world evolve to a more peaceful, joyful, and loving place? Do you want more freedom to be who you are, honor your truth, and bring that truth out into the world? Would you like to rise above fake news, marketing manipulation, and the blame games being played today? Are you tired of being run by fear and ready to live and lead your life from love? In this audiobook you’ll learn how to do all this and more. Join author Roger Kenneth Marsh on an exciting exploration into our extraordinary capacity to create reality.

Gaby’s had it with “The Chelsea Show”. So she embarks on her own attention-seeking campaign, and claims the boy on a Survivor-type TV program for teens is her brother. At first this seems like the perfect get-popular-quick scheme. That is, until the boy wins the competition and is awarded the grand prize: a trip to Australia, leaving immediately... WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY! Forget popularity - unless Gaby figures out a way to convince her bunkmates that she’s on the next flight out to Australia, she’ll never be able to show her face at Lakeview again.

The Art of Interpretation: A Guide to Remembering Rules of Reality is an easy-to-understand guide that breaks down the framework of our reality. It begins by deconstructing how our minds our shaped and our perspective is created and altered. We'll go over the immense value of interpretation and how to use it to your benefit. From there, we'll begin to dissect how a person's identity is created and the changes that it goes through over time. We'll look at the identity of a work environment, a city, a nation, and ultimately the entire population.

Reality TV's influence is seismic: twenty-five years ago, the concept didn't exist. Yet today, it is one of the most powerful cultural forces on earth; a multi-billion-dollar machine. Despite that, it is often derided as "trash"; a cultural McDonalds not worthy of examination. The truth is that reality TV offers a profound insight into who we are as human beings, questioning the very nature of what we deem to be entertaining. Writer, broadcaster and reality TV-obsessive Jacques Peretti goes behind the scenes of a world that has entranced and consumed him for two decades.

This is not black vs. blue. This isn’t about sides - the black side or the blue side. This is not an attack on the overall institution of law enforcement. Nor is this a scathing rebuke of every white law enforcement officer. As Amy states in her book, "This is about my perspective, my innermost feelings about how I am viewed as a Black person in America, why I feel vulnerable around police officers, and how it got this way." Amy Nickerson recounts numerous encounters with police officers as well as ordinary white citizens insistent on policing black people.

This audiobook contains a series of essays on virtual reality and its future implications; how VR can usher in new tools for progressive meditational experiences; why science is a practical endeavor and should not be conflated with unnecessary metaphysics; why Darwinian evolution can best explain the Albert Camus dilemma; and finally, it touches upon the importance of Faqir Chand on understanding religious experiences.

Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a young African boy changes Tori’s life and sets her on a course to reconsider everything she thought she knew about helping those in need. Years later, Tori returns to Africa and embarks on a journey through Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, searching for the truth about what does and does not work in international aid.