There is an old adage about the boiling frog, which claimed that if you dropped a frog into a pot of boiling water, it would immediately jump out. But if you placed it in cool water and gradually raised the temperature to a boil, the frog would slowly cook without realizing it. True or not, the adage does describe well how we have arrived at this critical juncture, and how crucial it is that we jump out of the water. The 'boiling frog' is a metaphor...

Take a peek into what the future may hold in the next 100-years, from technological advancements, to what 22nd-century living will entail. In this thought-provoking journey through the timeline, we explore the different possibilities in distant decades. Will humanity create a universal currency? Are we determined to self-destruct? Could the world be taken over by advanced robots? These are just some of the questions we explore in 2120. To draw a picture...

From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metro-sexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and business experience in locations across the globe, this book yields surprising conclusions about everything from work (the end of permanent full-time employment) to sex (disappearing gender boundaries)...

Quick and Dirty Answers to the Biggest of Questions addresses how the new kind of understanding we need today, besides helping us confront modern-day challenges, also brings a new creativity of perspective to more ultimate questions. It describes how many such ultimate questions have baffled us not because they are inherently difficult, but because they require a maturity of understanding of which we are only now becoming capable. This short book...

"Greenland 2050" is a visionary exploration of the world's largest island as it confronts the profound impacts and challenges of a warming planet. Written by Dr. Roberto Rodriguez, the book offers an interdisciplinary examination of how Greenland, its ecology, economy, and society, are adapting and evolving in response to climate change.The narrative embarks with a comprehensive overview of Greenland's unique environmental history, from its icy past...

The headlines are getting more frequent -- the language, more inflammatory. A war between the generations. The greedy boomers refusing to get out of the way. The hapless millennials struggling to find a footing. A crisis in pensions. A crisis in jobs. A crisis in health care ... But is that the true story? In this provocative new book, David Cravit, author of The New Old, dissects the apparent war -- and comes to some surprising conclusions: Yes,...

Smart phones and social media sites may be contemporary fixations, but using technology to replace face-to-face interactions is not a new cultural phenomenon. Throughout our history, intimacy with machines has often supplanted mutual human connection. This book reveals how consumer technologies changed from analgesic devices that soothed the loneliness of a newly urban generation to prosthetic interfaces that act as substitutes for companionship in...

In the future, how many identities will you have? How many do you want? Digital technology is causing us to think differently about who we are and who we could become, but with the right knowledge, we can turn this incredible capacity to our advantage. 'Who am I?' is one of the most fundamental questions of all. But, it is becoming increasingly difficult to answer as technology enables us to negotiate and create many different versions of ourselves. In...

Este trabajo explora, en dos volúmenes, un par de ideas marginales en el estudio de los movimientos sociales: decolonialidad y subjetividad. Este segundo volumen está dedicado a explorar la subjetividad -y con ella, el poder y el deseo- en las dinámicas internas de los movimientos sociales... ¿De qué manera los movimientos gestionan a su favor las relaciones de poder que surgen en su interior? A partir de esa pregunta se desarrolla este segundo...

Generous, erudite, optimistic and candid... Hugh Mackay encourages us to find the best in ourselves and in our society in both good and troubled times. Revolutions never start at the top. If we dare to dream of a more loving country - kinder, more compassionate, more cooperative, more respectful, more inclusive, more egalitarian, more harmonious, less cynical - there's only one way to start turning that dream into a reality: each of us must live...