Humanity is consumed by relentless transformation   Like a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going forward, we’ll be hardwiring our brains to artificial intelligence systems.�  The world-famous robot, Sophia, symbolizes a rising techno-religion. She takes her name from the goddess—or Aeon—whose fall from grace is described in the Gnostic Gospels.   With an academic background in both science and theology, Allen confronts the paradox of what he calls “good people constructing a digital abomination.� Dark Aeon is nothing less than a cri de coeur for humanity itself. He takes us on a roller coaster ride through history and the emergence of Scientism, and from government-mandated mRNA vaccines to the weird visions of cyborg billionaires like Elon Musk.    From Silicon Valley to China, these globalists’ visions of humanity’s future, exposed and described in Dark Aeon, are dire and terrifying. But Joe Allen argues that humanity’s salvation is within our grasp. Only if we refuse to avert our eyes from the impending twilight before us.   

If the 20th Century was the American Century, it was also UPS's Century. Joe Allen's The Package King tears down the Brown Wall surrounding one of America's most admired companies-United Parcel Service (UPS). The company that we see everyday but know so little about. How did a company that began as a bicycle messenger service in Seattle, Washington become a global behemoth? How did it displace General Motors, the very symbol of American capitalism, to become the largest, private sector, unionized employer in the United States? And, at what cost to its workers and surrounding communities? Will it remain the Package King in the 21st Century or will be dethroned by Amazon?

First published in 1919, this book traces the growth of War Debt during the First World War, examines the real meaning of the Debt and discusses the proposals for clearing it. As the chief contemporary proposal put forward for meeting the interest and repaying the principal of the Debt was the "Conscription of Wealth", or the "Capital Levy", this provides a main focus for the analysis. The author also examines whether the methods of financing war - by borrowing the required money - is sound and whether it should be replaced by taxation. A plan for the reform of income tax is put forward, designed to yield two-thirds of the revenue needed for a Peace Budget that also addresses the War Debt.

If the 20th Century was the American Century, it was also UPS's Century. Joe Allen's The Package King tears down the Brown Wall surrounding one of America's most admired companies-United Parcel Service (UPS). The company that we see everyday but know so little about. How did a company that began as a bicycle messenger service in Seattle, Washington become a global behemoth? How did it displace General Motors, the very symbol of American capitalism, to become the largest, private sector, unionized employer in the United States? And, at what cost to its workers and surrounding communities? Will it remain the Package King in the 21st Century or will be dethroned by Amazon?

A poetic journey through years marked by pain, loss, and drug abuse into recovery and spiritual promise.

"Resolution" is the fourth and last of a series of adventure stories that represent one potential path of human transformation. It's a path that few people would select for themselves. In the next few hundred years human survivors will have faced a variety of scenarios with a wide range of lethal conditions. "The Red Clay Desert" series is but one possibility.

Jane could see that the young Chinese girl was being violated by five pairs of persistent hands vigorously squeezing and prodding her.

Where is the man with those eyes? Jane thought.

When Jane could stand no more she screamed at the top of her voice. In the desert darkness Jane's violent outcry was so startling that three desert men jumped to their feet pulling large knives from hiding places in raggedy desert garb.

Jane heard a popping sound and two of the men slumped to the ground. The escape of the other men was almost a cartoon-like reflex. She saw three bandits in an immediate simultaneous crouching sprint toward the protection of darkness at the edge of the fi relight circle. The popping sound came once more and two runners dropped face down on the clay. One runner continued, then two, then none.

The saga of the Haze family, which began in "The Red Clay Desert," continues. When religious zealots burned the Haze family's new farm in the north, Kyle Haze is forced to return to the old fallout shelter in his desert home. With an enemy behind and an enemy ahead Kyle often finds it necessary to use deadly force.

"When are we gonna fight back?" Cousin Bony had demanded.
"Now ain't the time, Bony," Kyle had answered. "we're out in the open with fires burnin' behind us and we got no targets If we shoot back now and kill one of 'em, they got a reason to just go and kill all of us They don't get to say when the real fight is gonna take place. That decision belongs to you and me "

During the travels of the Haze clan Kyle finds that he must deal with strange things that happened during the early riotous years. Law and order struggled, survival replaced education, destruction became a hobby and polite society was replaced by barbarism. The one desert constant that Kyle understands is a killer sun. The sun eliminates those that are weak and those that don't understand.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

In the twenty-fifth century, what used to be called the Midwestern section of the United States of America, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada, has become desert. The remains of Midwest City, Oklahoma, now known as Haze Territory, is a barren red clay desert populated by only a few family councils. Fourteen-year-old Kyle Haze must help his family defend the area, just as his ancestors did over many previous generations.

Means of monetary exchange, transportation, community, and industry are long gone since the only active government is that of local communities. Fighting among area clans is common when survival is at stake and resources are scarce. Those remaining in the harsh environment must migrate, mutate, adapt, or die. After the Chastain clan attacks his father, Kyle and his kin are driven from the only home they've ever known. They set out to renew their lives up north, a land foreign to them, while attempting to keep their family intact.

Kyle must constantly lead them in and out of life-threatening circumstances, bringing out the best and worst of humanity in order to survive another day in their primitive world and avenge the damage done to his family by other clans.

When conditions crashed and people had to fight to survive, the Haze family chose to fight in the desert. East of the Mississippi isolated wall cities protected crowds of people wanting to be left alone. A few migrant workers kept on the move hoping to avoid ruffians looking for trouble.

The Blacktowers made a place for themselves by planting and harvesting in widely separated eastern farms of close knit communities. Chester Blacktower moved his extensive family in steam powered trucks, but eventually the fight came to Chester's family.

Jane's heart was pounding as never before, and she had to force herself to take a quivering breath of air. Someone was outside the back door.

She could hear whispering but she couldn't tell how many were there. A hand came in through the open window and the door was pushed open. Four heads were silhouetted in the doorway, and she could make out rifles pointed her way.

After the fight Jane, Chester's daughter, along with with other family members, met the last of the Haze Clan as they attempted to cross the Red Clay Desert.

Questions and topics that come to mind for: First-time teachers preparing to teach their first class First-time teachers related to student contact First-time teachers related to administrative and faculty interaction