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Author
Publisher
Normandy House
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Futurist and technological historian Dr. Jack Bacon presents a compelling vision that human thought, which houses the parallel universe of information and all the models of the physical universe in which we live, is undergoing an explosive new phase of development not unlike the surge that occurred in the Renaissance or the Bronze Age. This time, however, it's taking less than a generation, and it's on an exponential trajectory that will take humanity...
Author
Publisher
Rupa
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Artificial Intelligence is only partially visible, just like an iceberg. To understand it fully, we must look beneath the surface. The positive side is that technology is making machines smarter. However, the deeper view explained in this book shows that AI is also making a growing number of people cognitively and psychologically dependent on digital networks. Whether you are a social media fanatic, a diehard AI aficionado, or a paranoid sceptic,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book offers recommendations of how to set norms that will help readers manage anxiety, hesitance, and over excitement about re-entering an interactive world post-pandemic"--
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft.
"In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone. The COVID pandemic propelled many people...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant follow-up, The World Beyond Your Head, Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind. We often complain about our fractured mental lives and...
169) Strange new world: how thinkers and activists redefined identity and sparked the sexual revolution
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The author identifies the historical, philosophical, and technological influences that have shaped present-day identity politics and teaches believers how to shift their modern understanding of personhood to a biblical perspective"--
170) Marjorie Prime
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
in the near future where artificial intelligence has brought about holographic reconstructions of loved ones, 86-year old Marjorie gains a holographic companion in the form of her late husband, but will she take advantage of this opportunity to recreate their life as she wished to have lived it?
Author
Publisher
Upaya
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"The selection of music on this album was guided by principles of psychoacoustics, the new scientific field that studies the effects of sound on consciousness. It will guide you to a place where healing can occur. The technology that makes this recording unique is the use of beat frequencies to influence brainwaves, allowing you to enter states of consciousness different from your normal waking state. In these states, close to unconsciousness but...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A practical guide to how we can positively adapt to a changing world, from the internationally bestselling authors of The 100-Year Life 'The London Business School professors Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton have been predicting how society must adapt for years. Now they have a post-pandemic road map for us all' Sunday Times Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Discover how to overcome eight common distractions to build a meaningful, no-regrets life in this practical guide from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home"--
Do you want to live a meaningful life--with very few regrets--and make a positive difference in the world? But is culture distracting you from doing so? Perhaps moments, days, and years go by without you stopping to ask yourself, Am I living out my true purpose?...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking framework for making better decisions by understanding - and mastering - confidence. What does our desire for certainty and control have to do with our decision-making? According to behavioral economics pioneer Peter Atwater, the answer is simple: everything. In The Confidence Map, Atwater explores the hidden role of confidence in the choices we make, and why events described as being unprecedented are often entirely predictable-if...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What if your parents turn you into a human lab rat when you're a child? Will that change the story of your life? Will that change who you are? When Susannah Breslin is a toddler, her parents enroll her in an exclusive laboratory preschool at the University of California, Berkeley, where she becomes one of over a hundred children who are research subjects in an unprecedented 30-year study of personality development that predicts who she and her cohort...
Author
Publisher
Lifelong Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Loss is overwhelming. After a loved one's death, a divorce, an injury or disease, or another major life change, recovery often seems daunting, if not impossible. Life after Loss is the go-to resource for anyone who has suffered a major loss. With great compassion and insight, Bob Deits provides essential wisdom and practical exercises for navigating the uncertain terrain of grief and recovery. Now in its sixth edition, this guide is fully updated...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. Curator and scholar Glenn Adamson opens Fewer, Better Things by contrasting his beloved childhood teddy bear to the smartphones and digital tablets children have today. He laments that many children and adults are losing touch with the material objects that have nurtured human development...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Explains how various types of music affect the brain emotionally and physically and features a discussion with Dr. Levitin on his book, "This is Your Brain on Music," which discusses how technology can be used to see the effects of music on the human brain.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Technology can now control the spiritual experience. This is a journey through the high-tech aids for psychological growth that are changing our world, while exploring the safety, authenticity and ethics of this new world. We already rely on technology to manage our health, sleep, relationships, and finances, so it's no surprise that we're turning to technological aids for the spiritual journey. From apps that help us pray or meditate, to cybernauts...
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