Search:

Results 51 to 60 of 2,177 | « previous |

NFTs are a scam, NFTs are the future : the early years, 2020-2023 / by Hundreds, Bobby,1980-author.;
"Bobby Hundreds's manifesto about NFTs, the future of creativity, and bringing his brand and community into the modern digital space"--
Subjects: Arts; Cryptocurrencies.; Electronic commerce.; Metaverse; NFTs (Tokens);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Under a white sky : the nature of the future / by Kolbert, Elizabeth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity's transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it? That man should have dominion "over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" is a prophecy that has hardened into fact. So pervasive are human impacts on the planet that it's said we live in a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. In Under a White Sky, Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world we are creating. She meets scientists who are trying to preserve the world's rarest fish, which lives in a single, tiny pool in the middle of the Mojave. She visits a lava field in Iceland, where engineers are turning carbon emissions to stone; an aquarium in Australia, where researchers are trying to develop "super coral" that can survive on a hotter globe; and a lab at Harvard, where physicists are contemplating shooting tiny diamonds into the stratosphere in order to reflect sunlight back to space and cool the earth. One way to look at human civilization, says Kolbert, is as a ten-thousand-year exercise in defying nature. In The Sixth Extinction, she explored the ways in which our capacity for destruction has reshaped the natural world. Now she examines how the very sorts of interventions that have imperiled our planet are increasingly seen as the only hope for its salvation. By turns inspiring, terrifying, and darkly comic, Under a White Sky is an utterly original examination of the challenges we face"--
Subjects: Ecological engineering.; Environmental protection.; Human ecology.; Nature; Sustainability.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Uncharted : how to navigate the future / by Heffernan, Margaret,1955-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From former CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan comes a timely and enlightening book that equips you with the tools you need to face the future with confidence and courage. How can we think about the future? What do we need to do-and who do we need to be? In her bold and invigorating new book, distinguished businesswoman and author Margaret Heffernan explores the people and organizations who aren't daunted by uncertainty. We are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won't provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn't repeat itself and even genetics won't tell you everything you want to know. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Heffernan demonstrates how we can forge ahead with agility. Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction. Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendships, this refreshing book challenges us to mine our own creativity and humanity for the capacity to create the futures we want and can believe in.
Subjects: Future, The.; Forecasting.; Social change.; Business forecasting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Future home of the living god : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise,author.;
A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows pregnant thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species.
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Regression (Civilization); Dystopias; Pregnant women; Adoptees; Ojibwa Indians;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

The spymasters : how the CIA directors shape history and the future / by Whipple, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Only eleven men and one woman are alive today who have made the life-and-death decisions that come with running the world's most powerful and influential intelligence service. With unprecedented, deep access to nearly all these individuals plus several of their predecessors, Chris Whipple tells the story of an agency that answers to the United States president alone, but whose activities--spying, espionage, and covert action--take place on every continent ... [He pulls] back the curtain on the world's elite spy agencies and [shows] how the CIA partners--or clashes--with counterparts in Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Topics covered in the book include attempts by presidents to use the agency for their own ends, simmering problems in the Middle East and Asia, rogue nuclear threats, and cyberwarfare"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Central Intelligence Agency;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Inspiring Innisfil 2020: a strategy for the future.
Subjects: Planning - Ontario - Innisfil (Town);
© March 2011., [Town of Innisfil],
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
unAPI

Robotics : discover the science and technology of the future / by Ceceri, Kathy.; Carbaugh, Samuel.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120), Internet addresses and index."Ages 9-12"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Robotics; Robots;
© c2012., Nomad Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Energy : now and into the future / by Morgan, Sally;
Tells the fascinating story of how energy production and use has revolutionized our lives and predicts how it will develop in the future.
Subjects: Energy development; Renewable energy sources;
© 1999., Thameside Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Growing pains : the future of democracy (and work) / by Dyer, Gwynne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Economic history; Economic history; World politics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Eating promiscuously : adventures in the future of food / by McWilliams, James E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Food habits.; Diet.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 51 to 60 of 2,177 | « previous |