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The Exponential Age

How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society

par Azeem Azhar ...

A bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effects.2021 Financial Times Best Book of the YearWe are living in the first exponential age.High-tech innovations are created at dazzling speeds; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes and workplaces; centuries-old tenets of politics and economics are ... En savoir plus

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A bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effects.2021 Financial Times Best Book of the YearWe are living in the first exponential age.High-tech innovations are created at dazzling speeds; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes and workplaces; centuries-old tenets of politics and economics are
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Exponential

Wie wir mit der Geschwindigkeit technologischer Revolutionen Schritt halten können

par Azeem Azhar ...

Die Technologie schreitet einerseits so schnell voran, dass der menschliche Verstand mit dieser Geschwindigkeit kaum Schritt halten kann. Andererseits geraten unsere Unternehmen, Arbeitsplätze und letztlich auch unsere Demokratien in Gefahr – zwischen diesen beiden Welten entsteht eine exponentielle Kluft. Der international führende Technologe Azeem Azhar zeigt, wie diese exponentielle Kluft zu ... En savoir plus

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Die Technologie schreitet einerseits so schnell voran, dass der menschliche Verstand mit dieser Geschwindigkeit kaum Schritt halten kann. Andererseits geraten unsere Unternehmen, Arbeitsplätze und letztlich auch unsere Demokratien in Gefahr – zwischen diesen beiden Welten entsteht eine exponentielle Kluft. Der international führende Technologe Azeem Azhar zeigt, wie diese exponentielle Kluft zu
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After Scarcity

Energy, Intelligence and the Coming Age of Abundance

par Azeem Azhar ...

For millenia, scarcity has been the defining feature of human existence. Through hundreds of generations, life has been an endless struggle over finite food, energy and resources.Now, for the first time ever, that era coming to an end. Transformative new technologies - from limitless green power to super-efficient agriculture - are taking us into a new era: the first age of abundance.In ... En savoir plus

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For millenia, scarcity has been the defining feature of human existence. Through hundreds of generations, life has been an endless struggle over finite food, energy and resources.Now, for the first time ever, that era coming to an end. Transformative new technologies - from limitless green power to super-efficient agriculture - are taking us into a new era: the first age of abundance.In
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The Great Redesign

Frameworks für die Zukunft

par Pamela Pavliscak, David Mattin, Payal Arora, Axel Averdung, Kristina Bonitz, Azeem Azhar, Genevieve Bell, Amy McLennan, Benedict Evans, Daisy Ginsberg, Rafael Kaufmann, Sohail Inayatullah, Miriam Meckel, Léa Steinacker, Thomas Müller, Ramez Naam, Tijen Onaran, Ben Sauer, Laëtitia Vitaud, Albert Wenger ...

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Wir leben in einer Welt, die ständig neu gestaltet wird. Das Redesign von heute ist der Vintage-Look von morgen. Aber Krisenzeiten ändern schlagartig das Bild. Plötzlich ist die ganze Welt dringend auf ein neues Design angewiesen. Von Kapitalismus bis Kommunikation, von Arbeit bis zu Wertschöpfungsketten, von Städten bis zu Büroräumen - es ist schwer, einen Bereich unseres Lebens zu finden, der ... En savoir plus

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Wir leben in einer Welt, die ständig neu gestaltet wird. Das Redesign von heute ist der Vintage-Look von morgen. Aber Krisenzeiten ändern schlagartig das Bild. Plötzlich ist die ganze Welt dringend auf ein neues Design angewiesen. Von Kapitalismus bis Kommunikation, von Arbeit bis zu Wertschöpfungsketten, von Städten bis zu Büroräumen - es ist schwer, einen Bereich unseres Lebens zu finden, der
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The Exponential Age

How Accelerating Technology Is Transforming Business, Politics, and Society

par Azeem Azhar ...

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9 heure 44 min

From Azeem Azhar, renowned technology analyst and host of the global tech podcast Exponential View, comes a bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effectsWe are living in the first exponential age.High-tech innovations are created at a dazzling speed; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes ... En savoir plus

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From Azeem Azhar, renowned technology analyst and host of the global tech podcast Exponential View, comes a bold exploration and call-to-arms over the widening gap between AI, automation, and big data—and our ability to deal with its effectsWe are living in the first exponential age.High-tech innovations are created at a dazzling speed; technological forces we barely understand remake our homes
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The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States

par Alex Wellerstein ...

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17 heure 24 min

The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was new, unusual ... En savoir plus

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The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to control the spread of nuclear information and the newly discovered scientific facts that made such powerful weapons possible. The totalizing scientific secrecy that the atomic bomb appeared to demand was new, unusual
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Finding Zero

A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

par Amir D. Aczel, Cassandra de Cuir ...

Lu par Stefan Rudnicki ...

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5 heure 56 min

The story of how we got our numbers—told through one mathematician's journey to find zeroThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an ... En savoir plus

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The story of how we got our numbers—told through one mathematician's journey to find zeroThe invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an
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Sealand

The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation and Its Eccentric Royal Family

par Dylan Taylor-Lehman ...

Lu par Patrick Lawlor ...

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11 heure 37 min

In 1967, a retired army major and self-made millionaire named Paddy Roy Bates cemented his family’s place in history when he inaugurated himself ruler of the Principality of Sealand, a tiny dominion of the high seas. And so began the peculiar story of the world’s most stubborn micronation on a World War II anti-aircraft gun platform off the British coast. Sealand is the raucous tale of how a rogue ... En savoir plus

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In 1967, a retired army major and self-made millionaire named Paddy Roy Bates cemented his family’s place in history when he inaugurated himself ruler of the Principality of Sealand, a tiny dominion of the high seas. And so began the peculiar story of the world’s most stubborn micronation on a World War II anti-aircraft gun platform off the British coast. Sealand is the raucous tale of how a rogue
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Brainscapes

The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain-and How They Guide You

par Rebecca Schwarzlose ...

Lu par Rebecca Schwarzlose ...

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9 heure 5 min

A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of maps etched into your gray matter—and how technology can use them to read your mind.Your brain is a collection of maps: detailed representations, scrawled across your brain’s surfaces, of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Although scientists began discovering these ... En savoir plus

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A path-breaking journey into the brain, showing how perception, thought, and action are products of maps etched into your gray matter—and how technology can use them to read your mind.Your brain is a collection of maps: detailed representations, scrawled across your brain’s surfaces, of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Although scientists began discovering these
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Bombing Hitler's Hometown

The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe

par Mike Croissant ...

Lu par J. Rodney Turner ...

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10 heure 25 min

In April 1945, Linz was one of Nazi Germany's most vital assets. It was a crucial transportation hub and communications center, with railyards brimming with war materiel destined for the front lines. Linz was also the town Hitler claimed as home and had long intended to remake as the cultural capital of Europe, filling its planned Fuehrermuseum with world-famous art stolen from his conquered ... En savoir plus

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In April 1945, Linz was one of Nazi Germany's most vital assets. It was a crucial transportation hub and communications center, with railyards brimming with war materiel destined for the front lines. Linz was also the town Hitler claimed as home and had long intended to remake as the cultural capital of Europe, filling its planned Fuehrermuseum with world-famous art stolen from his conquered
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The Boy Who Played with Fusion

Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star

par Tom Clynes ...

Lu par P. J. Ochlan ...

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12 heure 27 min

This is the story of how an American teenager became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor.By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree reactor and become the youngest ... En savoir plus

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This is the story of how an American teenager became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor.By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree reactor and become the youngest
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant

Hooke, Halley and the Birth of Science

par Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin ...

Lu par John Curless ...

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12 heure 22 min

What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant's shoes-and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal ... En savoir plus

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What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant's shoes-and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal
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