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    • What It Takes to Survive the Apocalypse
    • By: Bradley Garrett
    • Narrated by: Adam Sims
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
    • “A kind of apocalyptic Super Size Me” (The Guardian) that is both “page turning and thoughtful” (Financial Times) about “prepper” communities around the world that are building fortresses against an array of threats....

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    • By: Patrick Wood
    • Narrated by: Patrick M. Wood
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • 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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    • John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlen, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction
    • By: Alec Nevala-Lee
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 10-23-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
    • Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers - John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard - who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world....

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    • Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going
    • By: George Friedman
    • Narrated by: Bruce Turk
    • Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 491 ratings
    • The author of the acclaimed New York Times best seller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the next decade and the imminent events and challenges that will test America and the world....

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    • How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
    • By: J.B. MacKinnon
    • Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet - but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping....

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    • Douglas Adams and the Digital World
    • By: Douglas Adams
    • Narrated by: Douglas Adams, Mitch Benn
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Technology affects almost everything we do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and daunting. This collection features two radio documentaries exploring Douglas Adams’ vision of the digital future, plus Did Douglas Get It Right?, presented by Mitch Benn....

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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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    • Making the Future Awesome: How Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Neuralink Are Changing the World
    • By: Randy Kirk, Lars Strandridder, Brian Wang, John Gibbs
    • Narrated by: Bob Dunsworth
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 11-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
    • By: Margaret J. Wheatley
    • Narrated by: Margaret J. Wheatley
    • Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 07-18-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • Margaret Wheatley proposes that citizens band together with their colleagues and friends to create the solutions for social change....

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    • The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism
    • By: John Elkington, Paul Polman - foreword
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • Green Swans is a manifesto for system change designed to serve people, planet, and prosperity. In his 20th book, John Elkington - dubbed the "Godfather of Sustainability" - explores new forms of capitalism fit for the 21st century....

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    • Scientists Predict the Next Great Discoveries and Reveal How Today's Breakthroughs Are Already...
    • By: Jim Al-Khalili
    • Narrated by: Pete Cross
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 04-17-18
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries....

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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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    • The End of the World as We Know It
    • By: Mark Steyn
    • Narrated by: Brian Emerson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 776 ratings
    • The Supreme Court deciding that sharia law doesn't violate the "separation of church and state"? The Hollywood Left embracing polygamy? It's the end of the world as we know it....

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    • Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things
    • By: David Rose
    • Narrated by: Corey Brill
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 151 ratings
    • In the tradition of Who Owns the Future? and The Second Machine Age, an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs and improve our lives....

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    • Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?
    • By: Yorick Wilks
    • Narrated by: Hannibal Hills
    • Series: Hot Science Series
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 07-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • AI expert Yorick Wilks takes a journey through the history of artificial intelligence up to the present day, examining its origins, controversies, and achievements, as well as looking into just how it works....

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    • A Hopeful View of the Human Future
    • By: Gerard K. O'Neill
    • Narrated by: Lawrence Tobias
    • Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The long-awaited audio version of the seminal book by legendary space pioneer, Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, credited with inspiring the likes of Jeff Bezos, Peter Diamandis, and Dylan Taylor....

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    • How to Think About the Future
    • By: Hamish McRae
    • Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
    • Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • From one of Europe’s foremost speakers on global trends in economics, business and society comes a bold and illuminating vision of the future....

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    • How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
    • By: Richard Florida
    • Narrated by: Eric Conger
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
    • History teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society....

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    • Where Are We? Who Are We? Where Are We Going?
    • By: Duane Elgin
    • Narrated by: Robin Haynes
    • Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 04-29-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The author of the classic best seller shows how an exciting, new understanding of the nature of the universe has far-reaching implications....

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