New Future

Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have broken with all historical precedents and, as Dark Commerce tells, now operate as if on steroids, tied to computers and social media. Author Louise Shelley examines how new technology, communications, and globalization fuel the exponential growth of dangerous forms of illegal trade and considers diverse ways of responding to this increasing challenge.

Discover the Future of Humanity In "Robot and AI: The New Quest of Humanity," brilliant author Nick Simoneschi takes you on an insightful journey into the evolving relationship between humans and intelligent machines. As robots and AI seamlessly cohabit our world, Simoneschi explores the profound philosophical dilemmas, ethical challenges, and risks that come with this new era. But this book is more than just a reflection — it’s a call to action. Simoneschi proposes a visionary "Universal Treaty of Rights and Regulations" to ensure harmonious coexistence between humans and AI. Filled ...

In this Black Mirror style series, each Witching Hour 60-minute read takes you on an edge-of-your-seat journey that can be read in a single sitting. In this #1 Best-Selling 60-Minute, Dan DeLuise unveils a horrifying twist on the time travel story. On an October evening in 2002, Abby Fletcher went missing. Everyone in town joined the search to find her, but it was useless. The only clue was her bike, found in a roadside ditch. Slowly, people forgot about the case, but Charlie Roland never did. After 17 years of false leads and conspiracy theories, Charlie never gave up. Just when it seemed ...

With shifting worker expectations and market upheaval, leaders and organizations everywhere are trying to catch their breath. As a result, a division in workplace culture has emerged with some companies clinging to obsolete corporate practices and others feeling lost and overwhelmed. As the CEO of WorldatWork and a self-proclaimed “work nerd,” author Scott Cawood introduces The New Work Exchange, a philosophy which redefines a successful workplace.

This book was written to serve as a guide to the study of the Book of Revelation. The listener will want her Bible open to the respective passage and refer to it as she moves through the book. You will find the text conveyed in a conversational style, to give primacy to the word of God in context.

Electric utilities in the United States spent almost $60 billion on grid modernization in 2019 and will spend trillions in the coming decades to keep the lights on. We’re facing a global challenge to make humanity’s presence on this planet sustainable. The electrical grid is undergoing an energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but it needs to become more flexible to supply and sustain our needs. Amazing work is being done with renewable energy to decarbonize the electrical grid, but the grid is not yet flexible enough to become carbon-neutral. Yet. Virtual Power ...

CHALLENGE PRODUCES OPPORTUNITY In 2020, as the pandemic swept across the globe, people were immediately impacted, and businesses closed down. The fitness industry was no exception. Gyms and training facilities shut their doors and then immediately pivoted by finding creative new ways to deliver services to clients. The saying, "necessity is the mother of invention," never rang more true as these challenges produced opportunities for innovation and growth. WHAT'S NEXT? compiles the insights of 28 health and wellness experts who weathered the challenges because they were focused on finding ...

A dystopian science fiction epic set in the Alpha Centauri system during the 31st century.In the 31st century, Earth's most dangerous criminals, rebels, and zealots are exiled to New Australia, a remote planet in the Alpha Centauri system. Stripped of their rights and abandoned, these sixty individuals are forced to forge a new society from the harsh and unforgiving terrain. Over centuries, their descendants grow into a population of millions, maintaining the legacy of their thirty original family names. Vernon Jones 711 has always known the world as a place where science is abandoned, and ...

Sixty years ago, legendary economist John Kenneth Galbraith issued a grim prophecy that the global elite would harness the potential of the burgeoning computing revolution to accumulate even more wealth and power.

Frontiers can be found in all directions - frontiers of timeand space, as well as frontiers of courage, devotion, love, hate, and the outer limits of the human spirit. This outstanding collection of stories by one of science fiction's premier talents spans the length and breadth of history and the universe while exploring thought-provoking new ideas and dilemmas.

This book is framed around two questions: "What creates new futures?" and "How can you and your team or your family co-create the best possible future?" The author has had the privilege of teaching in countries all over the world and helping senior executive teams re-gear and reinvigorate some of the most admired companies in business today.

Are you truly alive? Move from mindfulness to thoughtfulness as Theodore Zeldin opens up new perspectives on life,in a series of intimate conversations with figures both famous and obscure, from civilisations throughout time. Each chapter reconsiders one of the big decisions that every person has to make. What is the answer to the shortage of soul mates? How can one escape from work colleagues who are bores and organisations that thrive on stress?

Reed Taylor has been chosen...and now she has to prove herself. Expulsion from Greybook was only the beginning. Reed is driven to change the Greybook way, the unjust laws, the abuses at the hands of those who are never punished. She may be chosen but she has doubts. Is she really their saviour? The world around her resists and she is left fighting for her life. How much blood will be shed before they listen? How much of it will be on her hands? If you love the Hunger Games and Divergent, then you will definately enjoy Black Phoenix Rising, Book 2 of The Alexis Chronicles - because who can ...

What if the greatest threat to the future isn’t war or disaster… but control disguised as order? In a world rebuilt after economic collapse, towering city-states enforce rigid systems, surveillance, and silence. Malik Varen is just another citizen in the Walled City—until he uncovers a hidden protocol from the old world. A blueprint not for domination, but for freedom. As he races to share the truth, Malik becomes the target of the Watchers—silent enforcers who erase dissent without warning. With time running out and betrayal lurking in every shadow, Malik must risk everything to ...

This book clearly explains the new technologies that will affect our world over the coming decade and details their probable impact on business and our own lives. It includes chapters on 3D printing and AI as well as quantum computers and renewable energy. This book is aimed at the ordinary person who might not know much science and technology - it explains everything simply and clearly.

The Rise of a New American Left is the first book to look closely at this new politics. Propelled by interviews with AOC and the other key figures and organizations that have shaken up American politics, the book includes portraits of groups like Democratic Socialists of America, the Sunrise Movement, and Justice Democrats, explaining who they are, where they come from, and what they want.

After the Permian Extinction, the earth was on fire for hundreds of years. After the Cretaceous Extinction, the world was covered in Iridium from massive gash in our core. After the Pleistocene Extinction, the Earth shifted its axis and massive tidal waves crashed over mountains. After the massive 3100BC extinction, massive mutation of our DNA still causes us grief. We know details about previous extinctions and we know a lot about the one coming very soon. By comparing ancient extinctions and what lead up to those conditions along with dozens of prophetic details, we can map out pretty ...

Grant Frederickson finds the words “TIME TO PAY” spray-painted on the walls of his apartment and has twenty-four hours to come up with the money he owes the Houston gangster who murdered his wife. But Grant finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to protect a mysterious woman, fleeing two dark-suited pursuers who she calls the Blank Men. Was their meeting truly accidental? Maddy seems to know more than she should—not just about Grant, but about the Future itself and where it will inevitably lead them: To New Orleans and Death. From the author of HALLOWED and THE MALL, comes...

Ninja Future is an essential listen for businesses and individuals striving to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world: Gary Shapiro, the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, casts his eye toward the future, charting how the innovative technologies of today will transform not only the way business is done, but society itself.

A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe has been expanding from a hot, dense state called the big bang and predicted black holes. Where the Universe Came From is a 13.8 billiion-year journey through the cosmos.