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    • The Shock of Global Population Decline
    • By: Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 221 ratings
    • An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the provocative argument that the global population will begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape....

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    • The Metaverse and the New Frontiers of Human Experience
    • By: Herman Narula
    • Narrated by: Herman Narula
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • “A fascinating, provocative case that the metaverse will not merely transform our virtual experience—it may actually enrich the quality of our lives” (Adam Grant)—from the visionary co-founder of one of today’s most innovative technology companies....

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    • Envisioning a Post-Peak World
    • By: John Michael Greer
    • Narrated by: Tony Craine
    • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • The industrial age made possible by fossil fuels will surely decline as these fuels run out....

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    • The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
    • By: Martin Jacques
    • Narrated by: Scott Peterson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 223 ratings
    • According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027....

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    • Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
    • By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-29-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 221 ratings
    • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest....

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    • Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
    • By: Daniel Susskind
    • Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
    • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 226 ratings
    • From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it....

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    • Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead
    • By: John Michael Greer
    • Narrated by: Michael Dowd
    • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 03-15-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 206 ratings
    • The future we face now is one in which today's industrial civilization unravels in the face of uncontrolled climate change and resource depletion....

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    • What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will
    • By: Robert J. Marks
    • Narrated by: Larry Nobles
    • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? Under the author’s steady and winsome guidance, learn about the exciting possibilities for artificial intelligence, but also hear how many of the heady claims for AI are provably overblown....

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    • By: Charles Handy
    • Narrated by: Charles Handy
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • Britain's leading guru looks to the future. Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought....

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    • Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
    • By: Alan Weisman
    • Narrated by: Adam Grupper
    • Length: 18 hrs
    • Release date: 10-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the best seller The World Without Us....

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    • 11 Ideas to Change the World
    • By: Helen Lewis
    • Narrated by: Helen Lewis
    • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From politics to economics, from tech to the study of how we live, things are changing fast. Old certainties are crumbling, and we need new solutions to shake up the status quo and shape the future....

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    • Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted
    • By: Nick Bilton
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Release date: 09-14-10
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
    • Are we driving off a digital cliff and heading for disaster, unable to focus, maintain concentration, or form the human bonds that make life worth living? Are media and business doomed and about to be replaced by amateur hour? Listen to find out more....

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    • Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
    • By: Frank Pasquale
    • Narrated by: Perry Daniels
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them - but only through wise regulation....

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    • By: Alvin Toffler
    • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
    • Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • From the author of Future Shock comes a striking way out of today's despair...a bracing, optimistic look at our new potentials....

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    • How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
    • By: Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 272 ratings
    • This book predicts the decline of today's professions and describes the people and systems that will replace them....

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    • By: Kevin Kelly
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-14-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 509 ratings
    • This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology....

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    • How Nanotechnology is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology
    • By: Sonia Contera
    • Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 10-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale - the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet - and introduces listeners to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies....

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    • Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
    • By: Yascha Mounk
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 133 ratings
    • From one of our sharpest political thinkers, a brilliant big-picture vision of how to bridge the bitter divides within diverse democracies.

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    • A Universal Transhumanist Invitation (Transpolitica, Book 4)
    • By: David Wood
    • Narrated by: David W. Wood
    • Series: Transpolitica, Book 4
    • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Beyond the fear and chaos of contemporary life, there is good news to share. A new era is at hand: the era of sustainable superabundance. In this era, the positive potential of humanity can develop in truly profound ways....

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