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The Decadent Society
- How We Became a Victim of Our Own Success
- By: Ross Douthat
- Narrated by: Ross Douthat
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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From the New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Bad Religion comes a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, public failure, and private despair.
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Another Liberal Arts Intellectual who does not rea
- By Trebla on 03-24-20
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The Decadent Society
- How We Became a Victim of Our Own Success
- Narrated by: Ross Douthat
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-27-20
- Language: English
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From the New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Bad Religion comes a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, public failure, and private despair.
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The Future of War
- A History
- By: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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The Future of War is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation....
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A good historical review of the progression of war
- By Ian R. Graham on 06-14-18
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The Future of War
- A History
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 10-10-17
- Language: English
- The Future of War is filled with insight and fascinating nuggets of military history and culture from one of the most brilliant military and strategic historians of his generation....
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Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- By: Jane McGonigal
- Narrated by: Jane McGonigal
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear....
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Fabulous content, INSUFFERABLE narration!
- By Kelly on 05-24-22
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Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- Narrated by: Jane McGonigal
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-22-22
- Language: English
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World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear....
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Hothouse Earth
- Hot Science
- By: Bill McGuire
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide acknowledges that it is now practically impossible to keep this side of the 1.5°C dangerous climate change guardrail. The upshot is that we can no longer dodge the arrival of a disastrous, all-pervasive climate breakdown that will come....
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Frightening and Informative
- By SFM on 08-16-22
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Hothouse Earth
- Hot Science
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Series: Hot Science Series
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-09-22
- Language: English
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Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide acknowledges that it is now practically impossible to keep this side of the 1.5°C dangerous climate change guardrail. The upshot is that we can no longer dodge the arrival of a disastrous, all-pervasive climate breakdown that will come....
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Dark Age America
- Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead
- By: John Michael Greer
- Narrated by: Michael Dowd
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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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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A projection in to a future with less
- By Philomath on 03-26-17
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Dark Age America
- Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead
- Narrated by: Michael Dowd
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 03-15-17
- Language: English
- 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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The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism
- By: Patrick Wood
- Narrated by: Patrick M. Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Technocracy wants to rule the earth in a panopticon of scientific dictatorship. Transhumanists want to live forever and become omniscient. Both are mechanistic systems that see nature as something to be studied, manipulated, and conquered....
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Sorry amateur, not professionally produced, and not well written.
- By L. Chouest on 04-25-24
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The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism
- Narrated by: Patrick M. Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- Language: English
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Technocracy wants to rule the earth in a panopticon of scientific dictatorship. Transhumanists want to live forever and become omniscient. Both are mechanistic systems that see nature as something to be studied, manipulated, and conquered....
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Pendulum
- How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future
- By: Michael R. Drew, Roy H. Williams
- Narrated by: Roy H. Williams, Michael R. Drew
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable....
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Fascinating book
- By cbspock on 09-17-16
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Pendulum
- How Past Generations Shape Our Present and Predict Our Future
- Narrated by: Roy H. Williams, Michael R. Drew
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 10-02-12
- Language: English
- Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable....
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Four Futures
- Life After Capitalism
- By: Peter Frase
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down....
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A great read for futurists
- By Anonymous User on 06-23-17
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Four Futures
- Life After Capitalism
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-30-17
- Language: English
- Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down....
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- By: George Friedman
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Important Reading: Old Grievances Do Not Go Away
- By John on 02-21-15
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Flashpoints
- The Emerging Crisis in Europe
- Narrated by: Bruce Turk, George Friedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-27-15
- Language: English
- This provocative work examines the geopolitical flashpoints - particularly in Europe - in which imminent future conflicts are brewing....
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Futureproof
- 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
- By: Kevin Roose
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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What does it mean to be a human in a world that is increasingly built by and for machines? Technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age....
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Author is not an expert on the subject
- By Wesley Kotcher on 03-20-21
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Futureproof
- 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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What does it mean to be a human in a world that is increasingly built by and for machines? Technology columnist Kevin Roose lays out a hopeful, pragmatic vision of how people can succeed in the machine age....
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The Great Experiment
- Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
- By: Yascha Mounk
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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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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Intellectually honest and optimistic
- By Ed W on 05-30-22
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The Great Experiment
- Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-19-22
- Language: English
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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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The Power of Crisis
- How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
- By: Ian Bremmer
- Narrated by: Willis Sparks
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years—including the pandemic—to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade....
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Not a Wonk
- By Linnie Toh on 06-08-22
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The Power of Crisis
- How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World
- Narrated by: Willis Sparks
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 05-17-22
- Language: English
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Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years—including the pandemic—to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade....
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Augmented
- Life in the Smart Lane
- By: Brett King, Andy Lark, Alex Lightman, and others
- Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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The coming Augmented Age promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled....
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All Headlines
- By Stephen D. Brown on 10-18-17
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Augmented
- Life in the Smart Lane
- Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-15-17
- Language: English
- The coming Augmented Age promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts, and changes that are unparalleled....
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The Third Wave
- By: Alvin Toffler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
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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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Insightful
- By Andrew Heron on 05-30-20
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The Third Wave
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-26-19
- Language: English
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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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The Good Ancestor
- A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
- By: Roman Krznaric
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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A call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme shortsightedness....
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Limited
- By Sofia Batalha on 03-15-21
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The Good Ancestor
- A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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A call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme shortsightedness....
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The Perennials
- The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
- By: Mauro F. Guillén
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation....
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Paths for Marketers, Less So for Policymakers
- By Angelica Bega on 09-07-23
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The Perennials
- The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 08-22-23
- Language: English
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Bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation....
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The Creativity Code
- Art and Innovation in the Age of AI
- By: Marcus du Sautoy
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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The award-winning author of The Music of the Primes explores the future of creativity and how machine learning will disrupt, enrich, and transform our understanding of what it means to be human....
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One of the best books I've ever listened to
- By nonrachitect on 12-10-20
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The Creativity Code
- Art and Innovation in the Age of AI
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-15-19
- Language: English
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The award-winning author of The Music of the Primes explores the future of creativity and how machine learning will disrupt, enrich, and transform our understanding of what it means to be human....
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The Collapse of Western Civilization
- A View from the Future
- By: Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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Dramatizing science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, The Collapse of Western Civilization reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do, providing a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate-change literature....
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Good but a tad pedantic
- By bill holck on 02-26-19
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The Collapse of Western Civilization
- A View from the Future
- Narrated by: Lesa Lockford
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-06-18
- Language: English
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Dramatizing science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, The Collapse of Western Civilization reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do, providing a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate-change literature....
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Sustainable Superabundance
- A Universal Transhumanist Invitation (Transpolitica, Book 4)
- By: David Wood
- Narrated by: David W. Wood
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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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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This book is a very good start on what and we’re we go to next
- By Sloan on 04-30-23
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Sustainable Superabundance
- A Universal Transhumanist Invitation (Transpolitica, Book 4)
- Narrated by: David W. Wood
- Series: Transpolitica, Book 4
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-14-19
- Language: English
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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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Architects of Intelligence
- The Truth About AI from the People Building It
- By: Martin Ford
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....
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Architects of Intelligence
- By GEORGE D RICE on 01-12-20
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Architects of Intelligence
- The Truth About AI from the People Building It
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 11-19-19
- Language: English
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How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Find out....
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