The meaning of the 21st century : a vital blueprint for ensuring our future / James Martin
- Bib ID:
- 3775052
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Martin, James, 1933-2013
- Description:
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- New York : Riverhead Books, 2006
- xi, 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1573223239
- Summary:
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"As Martin makes clear in The Meaning of the 21st Century, we can use our intelligence and technology to transform the world rather than destroy it. Drawing from his decades of experience as one of the world's most widely respected authorities on technology's impact on our lives, Martin offers astonishing - and surprisingly feasible - solutions for solving a wide array of problems, from repairing ocean ecosystems to lowering the global birth rate to coping with advances in nanotechnology."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The transition generation
- 2. What got us into this mess?
- 3. Rich kids and their trust funds
- 4. Too many people
- 5. The giant in the kitchen
- 6. Destitute nations
- 7. Climate catastrophe
- 8. Invisible mayhem
- 9. Genetically modified humans?
- 10. Nanodeluge
- 11. Automated evolution
- 12. The transhuman condition
- 13. The awesome meaning of this century
- 14. A perfect storm
- 15. The vital role of corporations
- 16. Culture's crucible
- 17. A counter-terrorist world
- 18. World scenarios
- 19. A great civilization?
- 20. Values of the future
- 21. Cathedrals of cyberspace
- 22. Rich and poor
- 23. Russian Roulette with Homo sapiens
- 24. Revolution
- App. 1. The chessboard of growing computer power
- App. 2. NHL (non-human-like) intelligence techniques.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Meaning of the twenty-first century
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2083 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2013
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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