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Natural Gas and Geopolitics - From 1970 to 2040 (Paperback): David G. Victor, Amy M. Jaffe, Mark H. Hayes Natural Gas and Geopolitics - From 1970 to 2040 (Paperback)
David G. Victor, Amy M. Jaffe, Mark H. Hayes
R2,131 R1,262 Discovery Miles 12 620 Save R869 (41%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

By most estimates, global consumption of natural gas - a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil - will double by 2030. However, in North America, Europe, China, and South and East Asia, which are the areas of highest-expected demand, the projected consumption of gas is expected to far outstrip indigenous supplies. Delivering gas from the world's major reserves to the future demand centres will require a major expansion of inter-regional, cross-border gas transport infrastructures. This book investigates the implications of this shift, utilizing historical case studies as well as advanced economic modelling to examine the interplay between economic and political factors in the development of natural gas resources. The contributors aim to shed light on the political challenges which may accompany a shift to a gas-fed world.

Singapore Perspectives: Singapore. World (Hardcover): Ariel Tan, Andrew Lim, Rachel Hau Singapore Perspectives: Singapore. World (Hardcover)
Ariel Tan, Andrew Lim, Rachel Hau
R1,791 Discovery Miles 17 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a collection of speeches presented at Singapore Perspectives 2019 by current players in international relations and leading academics and opinion shapers on how the post-Cold War world order, with emphasis on the relations between the United States and China, will affect small states like Singapore and countries in Southeast Asia - at local, national, and regional levels.It features speeches by prominent personalities, such as Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, former Singapore Foreign Minister Mr George Yeo, and former Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa. Each speaker presents a fresh perspective on important developments in the world today.

Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom - First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing (Hardcover, New edition): Brian Collier, Darcia... Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom - First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing (Hardcover, New edition)
Brian Collier, Darcia Narv aez, Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs), Eugene Halton, Georges Enderle
R2,743 Discovery Miles 27 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-how for Global Flourishing's contributors describe ways of being in the world that reflect a worldview that guided humanity for 99% of human history: They describe the practical traditional wisdom that stems from Nature-based relational cultures that were or are guided by this worldview. Such cultures did not cause the kinds of anti-Nature and de-humanizing or inequitable policies and practices that now pervade our world. Far from romanticizing Indigenous histories, Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom offers facts about how human beings, with our potential for good and evil behaviors, can live in relative harmony again. Contributions cover views from anthropology, psychology, sociology, leadership, native science, native history, and native art.

Taming an Uncertain Future - Temporality, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Anticipatory Governance (Paperback): Liam P. D.... Taming an Uncertain Future - Temporality, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Anticipatory Governance (Paperback)
Liam P. D. Stockdale
R1,310 Discovery Miles 13 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A popular cliche in contemporary public discourse holds that we live in a time of increasing uncertainty; that the next catastrophe is perpetually imminent and yet increasingly beyond our capacity to foresee. The future, in short, is becoming much more difficult to control. One consequence of this increasingly widespread understanding of the future is that societies have turned to anticipatory governance strategies based on such concepts as risk management, the precautionary principle, and pre-emption to manage human affairs. This book takes an in-depth look at this trend by using the example of the 'pre-emptive security' strategies deployed in the post-9/11 War on Terror to develop a critical understanding of how the proliferation of such anticipatory governance strategies affects the way political power is organized and exercised. The book also makes a wider case for taking issues of time and the future more seriously in the study of contemporary global politics in particular and the social world more generally.

Likewar the Weaponization of Social Media (Paperback): P.W. Singer, Emerson Brooking Likewar the Weaponization of Social Media (Paperback)
P.W. Singer, Emerson Brooking 1
R505 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R61 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, "Twitter wars" produce real-world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. The result is that war, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battlespace that plays out on our smartphones. P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the mind-bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war. They explore how ISIS copies the Instagram tactics of Taylor Swift, a former World of Warcraft addict foils war crimes thousands of miles away, internet trolls shape elections, and China uses a smartphone app to police the thoughts of 1.4 billion citizens. What can be kept secret in a world of networks? Does social media expose the truth or bury it? And what role do ordinary people now play in international conflicts? Delving into the web's darkest corners, we meet the unexpected warriors of social media, such as the rapper turned jihadist PR czar and the Russian hipsters who wage unceasing infowars against the West. Finally, looking to the crucial years ahead, LikeWar outlines a radical new paradigm for understanding and defending against the unprecedented threats of our networked world.

Children of the 21st century - From birth to nine months (Paperback, New): Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi Children of the 21st century - From birth to nine months (Paperback, New)
Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi
R1,543 Discovery Miles 15 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book documents the early lives of almost 19,000 children born in the UK at the start of the 21st century, and their families. It is the first time that analysis of data from the hugely important Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal study following the progress of the children and their families, has been drawn together in a single volume. The unrivalled data is examined here to address important policy and scientific issues. The book is also the first in a series of publications that will report on the children's lives at different stages of their development. The fascinating range of findings presented here is strengthened by comparison with data on earlier generations. This has enabled the authors to assess the impact of a wide range of policies on the life courses of a new generation, including policies on child health, parenting, childcare and social exclusion. Babies of the new millennium (title tbc) is the product of an exciting collaboration from experts across a wide range of health and social science fields. The result is a unique and authoritative analysis of family life and early childhood in the UK that cuts across old disciplinary boundaries. It is essential reading for academics, students and researchers in the health and social sciences. It will also be a useful resource for policy makers and practitioners who are interested in childhood, child development, child poverty, child health, childcare and family policy.

The Next 100 Years - A Forecast for the 21st Century (Paperback, UK ed.): George Friedman The Next 100 Years - A Forecast for the 21st Century (Paperback, UK ed.)
George Friedman 1
R400 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In his long-awaited and provocative book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future-offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era-with changes in store.

Living Digital 2040: Future Of Work, Education And Healthcare (Hardcover): King Wang Poon, Hyowon Lee, Wee Kiat Lim, Rajesh... Living Digital 2040: Future Of Work, Education And Healthcare (Hardcover)
King Wang Poon, Hyowon Lee, Wee Kiat Lim, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Youngjin (Marie) Chae, …
R2,090 Discovery Miles 20 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies.

Challenging Reality - In Search of the Future Organization (Paper only) (Paperback, New): C Barnatt Challenging Reality - In Search of the Future Organization (Paper only) (Paperback, New)
C Barnatt
R1,649 Discovery Miles 16 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

  • How may we recapture the passion of past human wonders?
  • What will be the implications of new, "free agent" working patterns?
  • Why will emerging "metamedia" replace the multimedia of the Present Age?
  • Can nation states survive in the face of increasing globalization?
  • And what will be the characteristics of successful Future Organizations?
Douglas Adams: "Everything is changing. The most fundamental assumptions we have about how people communicate and work together are dropping away. We have to reinvent ourselves. These are exactly the issues that I and my colleagues at The Digital Village are having to grapple with every day. Challenging Reality has certainly sparked a lively d##
Future Stories - A user's guide to the future (Paperback): David Christian Future Stories - A user's guide to the future (Paperback)
David Christian
R350 R196 Discovery Miles 1 960 Save R154 (44%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

'David Christian's approach to understanding history can help all of us learn to prepare for the future' - Bill Gates A user's guide to the future: from the algorithms in DNA to why time is like a cocktail glass, interstellar migrations, transhumanism, the fate of the galaxy, and the last black hole... Every second of our lives - whether we're looking both ways before crossing the street, celebrating the birth of a baby, or moving to a new city - we must cope with an unknowable future. How do we do this? And how do we, like most living organisms, manage this impossible challenge quite well (at least most of the time)? David Christian, historian and bestselling author of Origin Story, is renowned for pioneering the emerging discipline of Big History, which surveys the whole of the past. But with Future Stories, he casts his sharp analytical eye forward, offering an introduction to the strange world of the future, and a guide to what we think we know about it at all scales, from the predictive mechanisms of single-celled organisms and tomato plants to the merging of colossal galaxies billions of years from now. Drawing together science, history and philosophy from a huge range of places and times, Christian explores how we prepare for uncertain futures, including the future of human evolution, artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and more. By linking the study of the past much more closely to the study of the future, we can begin to imagine what the world will look like in the next hundred years and consider solutions to the biggest challenges facing us all.

The Bit and the Pendulum - From Quantum Computing to M Theory--The New Physics of Information (Hardcover): Tom Siegfried The Bit and the Pendulum - From Quantum Computing to M Theory--The New Physics of Information (Hardcover)
Tom Siegfried
R791 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R89 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Funny, clear, deep, and right on target. Siegfried] lets us get a handle on ideas that are essential for understanding the evolving world.
-K. C. Cole, author of The Universe and the Teacup
""An eager, ambitious book. A stimulating, accessible introduction to scientific theory.""
-Dallas Morning News
An award-winning journalist surveys the horizon of a new revolution in science
Everything in the universe, from the molecules in our bodies to the heart of a black hole, is made up of bits of information. This is the radical idea at the center of the new physics of information, and it is leading to exciting breakthroughs in a vast range of science, including the invention of a new kind of quantum computer, millions of times faster than any computer today. Acclaimed science writer Tom Siegfried offers a lively introduction to the leading scientists and ideas responsible for this exciting new scientific paradigm.

The Uninhabitable Earth - A Story of the Future (Paperback): David Wallace-Wells The Uninhabitable Earth - A Story of the Future (Paperback)
David Wallace-Wells 1
R337 R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Save R30 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 'An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig 'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should probably be this' David Sexton, Evening Standard Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New Statesman A Waterstones Paperback of the Year and shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019 Longlisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today. Over the past decades, the term "Anthropocene" has climbed into the popular imagination - a name given to the geologic era we live in now, one defined by human intervention in the life of the planet. But however sanguine you might be about the proposition that we have ravaged the natural world, which we surely have, it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us. In the meantime, it will remake us, transforming every aspect of the way we live-the planet no longer nurturing a dream of abundance, but a living nightmare.

The American Dream - Can it Survive the 21st Century? (Hardcover): Joseph L. Daleiden The American Dream - Can it Survive the 21st Century? (Hardcover)
Joseph L. Daleiden
R1,128 R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Save R99 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Can each of us achieve our own "American dream" while recognizing needs of other individuals, society, and future generations? Not if our present national policies continue, warns long term planning expert Joseph L. Daleiden. He persuasively argues that if present socioeconomic trends remain, our nation faces social disaster before the middle of the 21st century.
These trends can be reversed, he insists, but only if we are willing to (1) reject failed policies both liberal and conservative directed at population growth, the environment, the national debt, trade, poverty, crime, race relations, education, healthcare, social security, and tax reform; (2) accept that all of these areas of concern are intertwined; and (3) take responsibility for our decisions.
Avoiding ideology and platitudes, Daleiden's pragmatic approach relies on actual evidence of how prospective policies will influence human behavior and whether their outcomes will increase or decrease human happiness in the long run.

Nature, Risk and Responsibility - Discourses of Biotechnology (Paperback): Jo Campling, Patrick O'Mahony Nature, Risk and Responsibility - Discourses of Biotechnology (Paperback)
Jo Campling, Patrick O'Mahony
R1,617 Discovery Miles 16 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nature, Risk and Responsibility explores ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural order. The contributors address the nature and prospective implications of biotechnologies for nature, life and social organisation and employ a wide range of social theories to evaluate risks and propose responses.

Neural Networks for Conditional Probability Estimation - Forecasting Beyond Point Predictions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of... Neural Networks for Conditional Probability Estimation - Forecasting Beyond Point Predictions (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
Dirk Husmeier
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume presents a neural network architecture for the prediction of conditional probability densities - which is vital when carrying out universal approximation on variables which are either strongly skewed or multimodal. Two alternative approaches are discussed: the GM network, in which all parameters are adapted in the training scheme, and the GM-RVFL model which draws on the random functional link net approach. Points of particular interest are: - it examines the modification to standard approaches needed for conditional probability prediction; - it provides the first real-world test results for recent theoretical findings about the relationship between generalisation performance of committees and the over-flexibility of their members; This volume will be of interest to all researchers, practitioners and postgraduate / advanced undergraduate students working on applications of neural networks - especially those related to finance and pattern recognition.

The Decline And Fall Of The Human Empire - Why Our Species Is On The Edge Of Extinction (Paperback): Henry Gee The Decline And Fall Of The Human Empire - Why Our Species Is On The Edge Of Extinction (Paperback)
Henry Gee
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.

For the first time in over ten millennia, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. The global population is forecast to begin declining in the second half of this century, and in 10,000 years’ time, our species will likely be extinct.

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this crucial moment in our history, beginning his story deep in the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from one species of human among many – teetering on the edge of extinction for more than a hundred millennia – to the most dominant animal to ever live on Earth.

But rapid climate change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count are combining to make our chances for longevity increasingly slim. There could be a way forward, but the launch window is narrow.

Gee argues that unless Homo sapiens establishes successful colonies in space within the next two centuries, our species is likely to stay earthbound and will have vanished entirely within another 10,000 years, bringing the seven-million-year story of the human lineage to an end.

Drawing on a dazzling array of the latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its tragic fate.

Cyber & You (Paperback): Maureen Kendal Cyber & You (Paperback)
Maureen Kendal
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An introductory guide to managing cybersecurity for businesses. How to prevent, protect and respond to threats. Providing an insight to the extent and scale a potential damage could cause when there is a breech in cyber security. It includes case studies and advice from leading industry professionals, giving you the necessary strategies and resources to prevent, protect and respond to any threat: * Introduction to cyber security * Security framework * Support services for UK public and private sectors * Cyber security developments * Routing a map for resilience * Protecting financial data * Countermeasures to advance threats * Managing incidents and breaches * Preparing for further threats * Updating contingency plans

Millennium III, Century XXI - A Retrospective on the Future (Paperback, Revised): Peter N Stearns Millennium III, Century XXI - A Retrospective on the Future (Paperback, Revised)
Peter N Stearns
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As a new century and a new millenium approach, the world braces itself for an outpouring of popular excitement, tabloid predictions and religious hysteria, all egged on by a strong dose of mass-media attention. This work offers an antidote to this information overload with a look at earlier millennial fevers and turn-of-the-century neuroses, from ancient times to 1999 in Times Square. By examining the past, it provides a perspective on the millennial hype coming in the near future.

The Blind Guardians of Ignorance - Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable Future (Paperback): Mats Larsson The Blind Guardians of Ignorance - Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable Future (Paperback)
Mats Larsson
R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Deep Thinking - Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (Paperback): Garry Kasparov Deep Thinking - Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (Paperback)
Garry Kasparov; Contributions by Mig Greengard 2
R380 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect. It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has long been the fulcrum in development of machine intelligence; the hoax automaton 'The Turk' in the 18th century and Alan Turing's first chess program in 1952 were two early examples of the quest for machines to think like humans -- a talent we measured by their ability to beat their creators at chess. As the pre-eminent chessmaster of the 80s and 90s, it was Kasparov's blessing and his curse to play against each generation's strongest computer champions, contributing to their development and advancing the field. Like all passionate competitors, Kasparov has taken his defeat and learned from it. He has devoted much energy to devising ways in which humans can partner with machines in order to produce results better than either can achieve alone. During the twenty years since playing Deep Blue, he's played both with and against machines, learning a great deal about our vital relationship with our most remarkable creations. Ultimately, he's become convinced that by embracing the competition between human and machine intelligence, we can spend less time worrying about being replaced and more thinking of new challenges to conquer. In this breakthrough book, Kasparov tells his side of the story of Deep Blue for the first time -- what it was like to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent -- the mistakes he made and the reasons the odds were against him. But more than that, he tells his story of AI more generally, and how he's evolved to embrace it, taking part in an urgent debate with philosophers worried about human values, programmers creating self-learning neural networks, and engineers of cutting edge robotics.

Outlook for Japanese and German Future Technology - Comparing Technology Forecast Surveys (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Outlook for Japanese and German Future Technology - Comparing Technology Forecast Surveys (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
Kerstin Cuhls, Terutaka Kuwahara
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Japan, the Delphi method is applied since 1971 to foresee possible technological developments. The same approach was used in Germany in 1992 for the first time. The German expert survey about the development of future technology was based on the Japanese survey conducted in 1991 and discussed the same topics.
In this book, the results of both studies are compared and analysed. From the comparison, conclusions can be drawn on the relevance of certain technology fields or disciplines not only for public technology policy but also for companies. Possible times of realization, constraints on the realization, the current R&D level of nations or the necessity of international co-operation give hints about tomorrow's technology and its economic and societal impacts.

The Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social (Hardcover): S Mau The Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social (Hardcover)
S Mau
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded significantly - we can now measure ourselves against others in practically every area. The rise of quantification has created and strengthened social hierarchies, transforming qualitative differences into quantitative inequalities that play a decisive role in shaping the life chances of individuals. This timely analysis of the pernicious impact of quantification will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as anyone concerned by the cult of numbers and its impact on our lives and societies today.

Everyday Chaos - Technology, Complexity, and How We're Thriving in a New World of Possibility (Hardcover): David Weinberger Everyday Chaos - Technology, Complexity, and How We're Thriving in a New World of Possibility (Hardcover)
David Weinberger
R669 R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Save R53 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Modern science, the Internet, big data, and AI are each saying the same thing to us: the world is--and always has been--far more complex and unpredictable than we've allowed ourselves to see. As a result we're undergoing a sea change in our understanding of how things happen, and in our deepest strategies for predicting, preparing for, and managing our lives and our businesses.

For example, machine learning allows us to make better predictions (think the weather, stock performance, online clicks) but we know less about why those predictions are right--and we need to get used to that. And in fact, over the past twenty years we've been unintentionally developing strategies that avoid anticipating what will happen so we don't have to depend on unreliable revenue forecasts, assumptions about customer needs, and hypotheses about how a product will be used. By embracing these strategies, we're flourishing by creating yet more possibilities and yet more unpredictability.

In wide-ranging stories and characteristically all-encompassing syntheses, technology researcher, internet expert, and philosopher David Weinberger reveals the trends that hide in so many aspects of our lives--and shows us how they matter.

The Fundamentals of Social Research (Hardcover): Paul M. Kellstedt, Guy D. Whitten, Steven A. Tuch The Fundamentals of Social Research (Hardcover)
Paul M. Kellstedt, Guy D. Whitten, Steven A. Tuch
R3,843 Discovery Miles 38 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This textbook provides an introduction to the scientific study of sociology and other social sciences. It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers and beginning producers of scientific research on society. The authors present an integrated approach to research design and empirical analyses in which researchers can develop and test causal theories. They use examples from social science research that students will find engaging and inspiring and that will help them to understand key concepts. The book makes technical materials accessible to students who might otherwise be intimidated by mathematical examples. This new text, with the addition of sociologist Steven A. Tuch to the author team, follows the successful format, approach, and pedagogical features in Paul M. Kellstedt and Guy D. Whitten's bestselling text, The Fundamentals of Political Science Research, now in its third edition. Workbooks in Stata, SPSS, and R, three of the most popular statistical analysis programs, are available as separate purchases to accompany this textbook, enabling students to connect the lessons of this book to hands-on applications of the software.

Longpath - Becoming The Great Ancestors Our Future Needs - An Antidote For Short-Termism (Hardcover): Ari Wallach Longpath - Becoming The Great Ancestors Our Future Needs - An Antidote For Short-Termism (Hardcover)
Ari Wallach
R390 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R42 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening our scope beyond today, tomorrow, even five years from now to gain perspective, become more creative, and reclaim meaning in our lives.

Every major problem we face today, from climate change to work anxiety, is the result of short-term thinking. We are constantly bombarded by updates, notifications, and “Breaking News,” that are overwhelming our central nervous systems, forcing us to react in the moment and ultimately disconnecting us from what truly matters. But there is a solution. We must embrace what Ari Wallach, futurist and founder of Longpath Labs, calls the “longpath”—a mantra and mindset he developed to help us get beyond short-term thinking, focus on the long view, and cultivate a futureconscious mindset.

Drawing on history, philosophy, theology, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and technology, Longpath reframes how we see our lives and the world. Wallach teaches us how to utilize the longpath mindset to strengthen our ability to look ahead, increase our capacity for cooperation, and even boost our creativity. Every decision we make today impacts the future. Wallach helps us improve our decision-making, challenging each of us to ask, “what is my longpath?”—what is my end goal and how does my choice align with my values and needs?

Whether it’s work, marriage, parenting, or simply trying to be a good human on the planet, framing decisions from a much larger scale creates a more fulfilling and sustainable life now and for future generations. By adopting the longpath mindset, we can relieve our reaction to stressful events and occurrences, cultivate future-conscious thinking, and come up with solutions to improve our lives today and tomorrow—and those of future generations.

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