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Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · 456 pages
Tras el éxito de Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari vuelve su mirada al futuro para ver hacia dónde nos dirigimos. Bestseller del New York Times con 1 millón de ejemplares vendidos Yuval Noah Harari, autor de Sapiens, un fenómeno internacional unánimemente aclamado por la crítica, regresa con una secuela igualmente original, convincente y provocadora, centrando su atención en el futuro de la humanidad y e
The Formula: How Algorithms Solve all our Problems … and Create More
Luke Dormehl · 296 pages
In The Formula, Luke Dormehl takes readers inside the world of numbers, asking how we came to believe in the all-conquering power of algorithms; introducing the mathematicians, artificial intelligence experts and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are shaping this brave new world, and ultimately asking how we survive in an era where numbers can sometimes seem to create as many problems as they solve
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Michio Kaku · 389 pages
Free ebook link: brautech.co.za/info/FuturePhysics.pdf
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
Nicholas Carr · 300 pages
Examines the influences computer-delivered information may have on human cognition using Marshall McLuhan as the hook, the history of communication as the trajectory, and brain science as the tool.
Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything
James Gleick · 325 pages
"In Faster, James Gleick explores nothing less than the human condition at the turn of the millennium. He shines a light of enterprising and analytical reporting - as well as sly wit - on the newest paradoxes of time. His journey takes us through the bunkers and trenches of a war we barely knew we were fighting: to the atomic clocks of the Directorate of Time, to the waiting rooms that focus our
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · 293 pages
"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepr
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Nick Bostrom · 312 pages
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of
Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
Christopher Steiner · 252 pages
The interaction of man and machine can make our lives easier. But what will the world look like when algorithms control our hospitals, our roads, our culture, and our national security? It used to be that to diagnose an illness, interpret legal documents, analyze foreign policy, or write a newspaper article you needed a human being with specific skills--and maybe an advanced degree or two. These d
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World
Kevin Kelly · 521 pages
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson · 560 pages
A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what happened after CRISPR hit the marketplace.
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler · 400 pages
roviding abundance is humanity’s grandest challenge—this is a book about how we rise to meet it. We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces our near-term future, where exponentially growing technologies and three other powerful f
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark · 384 pages
"How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
R. Buckminster Fuller · 143 pages
Edited and re-released by Fuller's grandson, Jamie Snyder, this edition is true to the original manuscript but adds helpful footnotes providing a modern context to some of the figures and predictions throughout the book.
The Future Is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies
Bob McDonald · 303 pages
The Optimists Guide to the Future
Mark Stevenson · 256 pages
Ever heard of transhumans? Humans saved from aging through artificial spare parts. They're coming soon. So too are intelligent robots, revolutionary biotech, benign engineering and commercial space flights.
A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
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Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking)
Christian Rudder · 302 pages
An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are--and how this deluge of data will transform the science of human behavior. Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us things we don't need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder puts this flood of information to an entirely different use: understanding human nature. Drawing
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do
Tom Vanderbilt · 409 pages
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post - The Cleveland Plain-Dealer - Rocky Mountain NewsIn this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more acciden
Godwired
Rachel Wagner · 266 pages
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart
Ian Ayres · 266 pages
Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted? Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive dat
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Neil deGrasse Tyson · 384 pages
"La NASA está en un punto crítico; después de décadas de supremacíamundial, canceló su programa de transbordadores cerrando su acceso al espacio. Hasta 2020, ningún astronauta será lanzado fuera de la órbita terrestre desde suelo estadounidense, y pronto su programa espacial podría ser eclipsado por el de otros países. Con su característico humor y sus provocadoras ideas, Neil deGrasse Tyson, el c
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Martin Ford · 343 pages
Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system. "In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to th
The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
Brian Christian · 320 pages
"The Most Human Human" is a provocative exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping our ideas of what it means to be human. Its starting point is the annual Turing Test, which pits artificial intelligence programs against people to determine if computers can "think."