Future Time

We live in an era where the economy is dominated by a handful of great tech platforms. They may provide convenience and entertainment, but they are also some of the most effective instruments of wealth extraction ever created—taking more money, data, and attention from all of us. The development of an artificially-intelligent platform economy offers both the potential to enrich us all and the grave risk of our own marginalization and a more feudal, two-class economy.

Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or an explorer's ship. Instead, she ends up in Australia in 1898, living a tough life as Flo Watson on a drought-stricken farm.

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecraft to the Moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.

Two hundred years ago, the great Ark Horizon Alpha escaped a doomed Earth and went searching for a new home. The passengers landed on Tau Ceti e expecting paradise, but instead they discovered a planet stuck in its own version of the cretaceous period. The humans’ one defense against the dinosaurs ravaging the planet is an electric fence, built from the remains of the shuttles that brought them there. But Eden base has only days of power left.

This journey through the world of Large Language Models is intended for a wide audience, encompassing both those new to the field and seasoned practitioners. Whether you are a student embarking on your exploration of AI, a researcher seeking to deepen your understanding of LLMs, or a professional looking to leverage these models in your projects, this book aims to equip you with the knowledge and insights needed to navigate the exciting and complex domain of Large Language Models.

A runaway biological effect begins to rapidly increase oxygen levels across the planet, transforming the very air we breathe into a ticking time bomb. Forests ignite spontaneously, and fires rage unchecked as the increased oxygen feeds their voracious appetites. The world plunges into chaos, with cities becoming infernos and the natural order spiralling out of control. High above the stricken planet, two astronauts aboard the International Space Station bear witness to the unfolding catastrophe. Ellie and Sergei, left alone in orbit due to the increasingly hazardous atmosphere, have little ...

What would you do if you had a wish? One wish that could change your life forever. If you meet the Djinn of Just Deserts your life could change, or end depending on the choices you make. This is but one of ten tales of adventure spanning all the ages, and from the Earth to the further reaches of the Solar System. A warning though, If you ever meet the Djinn, Know wishes aren’t all that they seem.

Chicken Little was right after all. The sky literally is falling. In a cataclysmic turn of events, the ambitious venture of asteroid mining spirals into a nightmarish scenario that no one saw coming—except perhaps, the fabled Chicken Little. It began with a boom as colossal machines drilled deep into the heart of a massive asteroid, seeking the treasures within. But what followed was a catastrophe of cosmic proportions. The failure was spectacular, an explosive mishap that sent the asteroid shattering into a million pieces, unleashing a torrent of carbon flakes upon the Earth. These ...

“A brilliant and believable dystopia, a 21st century version of 1984 or Gilead from The Handmaid's Tale.” What if life had a use-by date? 
 A New World Council runs the planet, a perfect world in their view, where everyone and everything has a time and place–even death. Blythe Harrell is a man very much on the inside of the system–but the more he sees, the more broken he understands things to be. Yet to challenge anything is to challenge it all. Even his own place at the very top. Through medical advances, most life-threatening diseases have been defeated. Yet underlying the whole...

Ecological disaster on a worldwide scale What happens when the entire supply of Iron and Steel worldwide collapses? Do We Survive? How do we survive? Will we continue to function as a society or will everything fall apart? Iron rusts and the world collapses. The release of an iron-eating bacteria throws the entire world into chaos and mayhem. Industrial society collapses and the world is forever changed. Can this happen, or has it already happened and we just don't realise it yet?

I first got the idea to write this book as I talked with my father during his last days. He often complained that time seemed to be speeding up, and the older he got, the faster it seemed to go. He expressed amazement that his entire life seemed like one second and now. He wasn’t complaining. He’d lived a magic life, but from his perspective, he arrived at the end of it almost instantaneously. The more I thought about it, the more this made sense and when I considered the nature of time, I started assembling a theory that fit with biblical principles without ignoring the facts of ...

In The Ka Timeline, humanity embarks on an incredible, centuries-long journey of exploration, technological marvels, and first contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Spanning from the dawn of the 21st century to a delicate interstellar alliance with an advanced species, this speculative outline chronicles pivotal moments that will shape the future of Earth, Luna, Mars, and beyond. As this timeline unfolds, secrets emerge that threaten the very future of human existence and cast doubt on the intentions of their alien allies. Will humanity rise to the challenge or fall victim to forces ...

You can't escape your worst enemy – he knows you better than you know yourself. A mysterious message from the future saves the lives of Dr. Marc Jensen’s family. The next morning, however, his entire research material about tachyons is gone – and with it, the proof that these obscure particles even exist. Ten years later, the past catches up with Dr. Jensen: Fragments of his work suddenly reappear, fellow researchers die, and his daughter is kidnapped. To save her, he must confront an all-powerful enemy who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Even worse: If Jensen fails, the ...

In Book 3 Angel decides to use Ka's ability to open a door in time to travel back to 1062. Her aim is to stop the Norman invasion of England and to start the Industrial Revolution seven centuries early, hopefully in a less damaging way for the planet. ... Pausing at the brow of a hill, near the crossroad at Little Upton, the Duke was astonished to see what looked to be the solitary figure of a very tall girl standing on the bridge. His eyesight was not brilliant at a distance, though it was perfectly fine for close work, so he screwed up his eyes to try to bring the figure into better focus...

Academic, physicist, environmental expert and award-winning science communicator Paul Behrens presents a radical analysis of a civilisation on the brink of catastrophe. Setting out the pressing existential threats we face, he writes, in alternating chapters, of what the future could look like at its most pessimistic and hopeful. In lucid and clear-sighted prose, Behrens argues that structural problems need structural solutions and examines critical areas in which political will is required, including women's education, food and energy security, biodiversity and economics.

Merlin is sent to the future to fulfill a prophecy. He finds five cousins, two girls and three boys with the magus trait, and takes them to Dark Age Britain in the time of King Arthur. Separated from each other and Merlin, they are confronted by threatening wolves, trolls, a famous dragon, and shape-shifting magicians. When brought back together by Merlin, he explains their task.

There is a generational transformation in the workforce. But there is good news. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can help improve work processes, thus improving work experience and creating an environment that retains skilled workers.

The adventure in Nearspace continues with an odd family reunion for a summer holiday: Jem, an eight-year-old whizz kid on a quest to see a “Space gang girl”, blasts in accompanied by a reluctant chaperone, his 16-year-old stepbrother Tim, who wants a last chance to forgive his birth father — or forget him for good. The edgy conversation over the dinner table soon turns sour, and Harvie’s sharp tongue leaves deep marks on Tim’s sensitive heart that’s already scarred by his father’s combatant past. The past, that is catching up with Stan Kozerski at the space cruiser’s speed. ...

Generation Z has entered the workforce and are challenging leaders in ways they have never experienced before. Gen Zers often bring little work experience following college graduation, with parents encouraging them to focus on academics. Plus, having grown up on screens, they frequently bring lower levels of emotional intelligence than previous youth generations. This can be troublesome, as supervisors may experience a new job candidate who is overconfident, maybe even cocky, yet lacks the interpersonal skills to receive tough feedback.

This book is #12 of 23. They were published in the late 1960's using the James Bond super spy mold. Miss Eve Drum In Worlds To Come. When evil powers from Outer space attack Earth to wipe Out human sex, the Lady From L.U.S.T. takes a trip into a time 3000 years away. There, the all-girl master Spy finds that she's the Only living female in a unisex World Where men and Women have forgotten how to make love except in artificial Pleasure Domes and state-run Mating Huts. Eve's Curves and Crevices mark her as a throwback even in the dictator's harem. Only Eve can change the future. Sci-fi ...