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Are we living in a simulation? MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk draws from research and concepts from computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics, and ancient mystics to explain why we may be living inside a simulated reality like the Matrix. The Simulation Hypothesis is the definitive book on simulation theory and is now completely updated to reflect the latest developments in artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a wakeup call, explaining why global depopulation is coming, why it matters, and what to do now. It would be easy to think that fewer people would be better—better for the planet, better for the people who remain. This book invites us all to think again.

The metaverse. That term elicits a wide range of ideas and opinions. For many, it represents the next evolutionary phase of the internet—a fully immersive, digital universe where people can interact, work, and play in virtual environments. For others, it's yet another overhyped technology. So what is it, exactly? And what will its impact be?

In Hacking Humanity, technology journalist Lara Lewington takes us to the cutting edge of scientific research to demystify how new innovations are transforming medicine for the better. Drawing us into the science behind the world’s healthiest people from Silicon Valley to the Blue Zones while experimenting with the new technology already available, she examines the real challenges ahead and how we can overcome them.

The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author’s experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancient risks to very modern apocalypses, the book charts the imminent dangers to the human race and introduces listeners to the groups of scientists, eccentrics, diplomats and visionaries who are doing everything in their considerable power to prevent the worst from befalling us.

في هذا الكتاب الرائد، تتعاون مؤلفة الكتب الأكثر مبيعًا تيريزا تشيونج مع عالمة الأعصاب الإدراكية جوليا موسبريدج، الحاصلة على درجة الدكتوراة ومديرة مختبر الابتكار في معهد العلوم العقلية. معًا، تكشفان عن أبحاث جديدة وثورية تُظهر أن التنبؤ بالمستقبل ممكن؛ كما تقدمان أدوات وتقنيات عملية يمكنك استخدامها لتطوير قدراتك الخاصة في التنبؤ بالمستقبل.

The mainstream are mesmerised by intellectual tampering. The populace are so distracted by the shiny butterflies of popular discourse that they oversimplify everything, blame the wrong systems, and blindly enrich the very ones who subjugate them. You can bet your reputation and retirement that the collapse of the American Empire—in all its forms—is near.

Securing Canada’s Future offers a comprehensive analysis of the most serious challenges that Canada will face in the near future. Written by leading Canadian women scholars and security experts, this collection covers the most critical risks and threats on the horizon, including rising Chinese power, resurgent Russian aggression, escalating competition in the Arctic, the near irreversibility of climate change, disaster management and mitigation, evolving cybersecurity threats, and gendered violence.