Higher Intelligence

A flicker in the night sky erupts into a firestorm as the starship Blueshift disintegrates and releases its full payload of unrefined hydrogen. With its debris strewn across Terra Primus's largest city, Paelagus, the newly formed Union struggles to figure out what brought down the hydrogen refueling tanker. They request the expertise of the Lithion Starship Crash Investigation Unit, and Nevin and his talented team of investigators head off-world to help solve the mystery. They knew the civil war on Terra Primus would be a very real threat to their safety, but the call to duty has them ...

The shadow of Phoenix still lingers, but Carter, Bennett, and Parker are ready to strike back. In the wake of The Hunt for Bennett, the world teeters on the brink of chaos. Project Phoenix, the enigmatic and ruthless organization behind a global conspiracy, has been exposed—but its reach runs deeper than anyone imagined. Now, Navy SEAL CDR Alex Carter, brilliant hacker Eliza Bennett, and their trusted ally Army Captain Ethan Parker must unravel the threads of Phoenix's most dangerous weapon yet: the Citadel, a fortress of impenetrable secrecy in Southeast Asia. As they face off against ...

The notion of robots gaining consciousness is beginning to become a reality, but the future of human happiness is dependent on our ability to teach machines what we value the most today. Featuring pragmatic solutions drawing on economics, emerging technologies, and positive psychology, Heartificial Intelligence provides a road map to help listeners embrace the present and better define their future.

In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.

In this compelling and balanced book, Mark Coeckelbergh reveals the key risks posed by AI for democracy. He argues that AI, as currently used and developed, undermines fundamental principles on which liberal democracies are founded, such as freedom and equality. How can we make democracy more resilient in the face of AI? And, more positively, what can AI do for democracy?

In this book "Writing With ChatGPT Made Easy", we address these concerns head-on, showing you how to embrace AI as a powerful ally rather than a competitor. This essential guide is designed for writers, marketers, and creators eager to harness the potential of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance their content creation process. Inside, you'll find practical strategies, insightful tips, and innovative techniques that empower you to produce high-quality content while maintaining your personal style.

Unlike most academic books that merely define research, The Refractive Thinker® series offers unique application of effective business practices from the perspective of multiple authors – each offering a chapter based on their scholarly expertise. The Refractive Thinker® series provides doctoral scholars with a collaborative opportunity to promote and publish their work in an award winning peer-reviewed publication, which meets the university standard. Our goal is to provide an affordable outlet for scholars that supports the tremendous need for dynamic dialogue and innovation while ...

Apply The Emotional Intelligence Key to unlock the "door" to successful relationships, more effective leadership, a healthier work environment and enhanced personal development. This book will introduce you to emotional intelligence and provide practical examples and steps to enhance your application of emotional intelligence to help you unlock the four doors.

Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished British, French, German, Danish, and Czech archival sources, Spying on the Reich tells the story of Germany and its rearmament in the 1920s and 1930s; its relations with foreign governments and their intelligence services; and the relations and rivalries between Western governments, seen through the prism of the cooperation, or lack of it, between their spy agencies.

High performing organizations see better results than their contemporaries and have more satisfied employees. This book clarifies this unique point in history where key technologies like AI, collaboration platforms, and low code development have converged to transform project and work management and provides practical strategies for seizing this moment to become a higher performing organization with happier people. In the ever-evolving landscape of business and technology, project management stands as a critical pillar, orchestrating the rhythm of progress and innovation.

In Nazis in the New World, Aaron Gillette presents vivid narratives and personal accounts to reveal the unknown history of Nazi German exchange students sent to America in the 1930s. After receiving the Gestapo's stamp of approval, they were instructed to use their charm and charisma to promote the Third Reich. Some also served Hitler as covert operatives against the United States.

Filled with logical yet counterintuitive answers to ordinary and extraordinary problems - whether it be buying a new home or pivoting a failing business model - Mudd's HEAD (High Efficiency Analytic Decision-making) methodology provides listeners with a battle-tested set of guiding principles that promise to bring order to even the most chaotic problems, all in five practical steps.

In Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. ("Chuck") Freilich, Matthew S. Cohen, and Gabi Siboni provide a detailed and comprehensive study of Israel's cyber strategy, tracing it from its origins to the present.

Monica and five other students are lazy and disobedient. Their only interests are taking selfies, texting, partying, and watching Youtube clips. Their teacher threatens to fail them which means they will have to repeat their senior year of high school unless they devise a project for the science fair. Faced with another year in high school, they use the Internet and Artificial Intelligence apps to identify critical threats and develop strategies to avert disaster. The result is the design and development of the Sea of Tranquility 2.0. This radical project to fill an enormous desert ...

Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. Leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding—and unsolicited—authority being heaped upon science. As science increasingly competes with politics, a defined plan of cooperation is urgently needed.

If you want to learn how to overcome negative mindsets and master your empathy and hypersensitiveness than start to listen to this book. Emapths are sensitive and feel deeper feelings and perceives facts sooner. It is as if their spirit precedes their body. Empath perceives kins like a part of themselves. Those who have this quality are often defined as weak, different. They are seen as “over-the-top” characters who have a hard time dealing with their own enthusiasm, emotion, feelings. You can discover the secret to handling your sensitivity and making a true superpower out of it.

"[A] dystopian novel too close to today's political world..." –Lea Wait, USA Today Bestselling author 2020 International Book Awards Finalist – Humor 2019 Best Book Awards Finalist - Humor Life on Mars takes a satirical look at evolution vs. Intelligent Design — a sort of feint by anti-evolutionists to get creationism into the classroom by assiduously avoiding the mention of God. Instead, reference is made to a “higher” or “superior” intelligence. The novel’s conceit is this: what if the Intelligent Design folks are right and the evolutionists are wrong? What if a higher ...

In the high-stakes world of cyber warfare and covert operations, betrayal is often just another move in the game. After dismantling the criminal empire of Anton Leclerc, Navy SEAL Carter and his steadfast ally Parker return to the National Security Operations Center (NSOC), only to face a new challenge: the enigmatic Dr. Eliza Bennett, a rogue hacker whose brilliance and secrets have become both an asset and a liability. Ordered to bring her in, Carter and Parker must grapple with their loyalties and the unresolved tension between ally and fugitive. But Bennett isn’t waiting to be found. ...

Unlike most academic books that merely define research, The Refractive Thinker® series offers unique application of effective business practices from the perspective of multiple authors – each offering a chapter based on their scholarly expertise. The Refractive Thinker® series provides doctoral scholars with a collaborative opportunity to promote and publish their work in an award winning peer-reviewed publication, which meets the university standard. Our goal is to provide an affordable outlet for scholars that supports the tremendous need for dynamic dialogue and innovation while ...

In a wide-ranging narrative that takes us from a downsized marketing executive in Massachusetts, to a father of three in Appalachia finding purpose and meaning working in a convenience-store chain, to an unemployed autoworker retraining in "advanced manufacturing", Shell reveals how work is essential to our flourishing and pyschological well-being - and how so many of the avenues to well-paid and meaningful work will be challenged in the years ahead.