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Generations : the real differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents--and what they mean for America's future / by Twenge, Jean M.,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The North America is currently home to six generations of people: the Silents, born 1925-1945; Baby Boomers, born 1946-1964; Gen X, born 1965-1979; Millennials, born 1980-1994; Gen Z, born 1995-2012; and the still-to-be-named cohorts born after 2012. They have had vastly different life experiences and thus, one assumes, they must have vastly diverging beliefs and behaviours. But what are those differences, what causes them, and how deep do they actually run? Surprising, engaging, and informative, this book will forever change the way you view your parents, peers, coworkers, and children.
Subjects: Conflict of generations; Conflict of generations.; Generations.; Generations;
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Life 3.0 : being human in the age of artificial intelligence / by Tegmark, Max,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of life processes as they evolve from bacteria (1.0) to humans (2.0), where life processes define their own software, to technology (3.0), where life processes design both their hardware and software. We know that A.I. is transforming work, laws, and weapons, as well as the dark side of computing (hacking and viral sabotage), raising questions that we all need to address: What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? Is it possible to control suprahuman intelligence? How do we ensure that the uses of A.I. remain beneficial? These are the issues at the heart of this book and its unique perspective, which seeks a ground apart from techno-skepticism and digital utopia"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence; Automation; Artificial intelligence; Automation; Technological forecasting.;
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Horizon / by Lopez, Barry Holstun,1945-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the National Book Award-winning writer, humanitarian, environmentalist and author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams: a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life. Poignantly, powerfully, it also asks "How do we move forward?" Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from modern megacities to some of the most remote regions on the earth--Barry Lopez, hailed by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "one of our finest writers," gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that moves through decades of his life as it describes his travels to six regions of the world: from the Oregon coast where he lives to the northernmost reaches of Canada; to the Galapagos; to the Kenyan desert; to Botany Bay in Australia; and in the resounding last section of this magisterial book, unforgettably to the ice shelves of Antarctica. As he revisits his growing up and these myriad travels, Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada; the colonialists who plundered Central Africa; an Enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific and a Native American emissary who arrived in Japan before it opened to the West. He confronts today's ecotourism in the tropics and visits the haunting remnants of a French colonial prison on Île du Diable in French Guiana. Through these journeys, and friendships forged along the way with scientists, archeologists, artists and local residents, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world. With tenderness and intimacy, Horizon evokes the stillness and the silence of the hottest, the coldest and the most desolate places on the globe. It speaks with beauty and urgency to the invisible ties that unite us; voices concern and frustration alongside humanity and hope; and looks forward to our shared future as much as it looks back at a single life. Revelatory, powerful, profound, this is an epic work of nonfiction that makes you see the world differently: a crowning achievement by one of our most humane voices--one needed now more than ever."--
Subjects: Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-; Travel; Tourism; Natural history.;
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H is for hope : climate change from A to Z / by Kolbert, Elizabeth,author.; Allsbrook, Wesley,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 26 essays-one for each letter of the alphabet-Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future. Adapted from essays originally published in The New Yorker, 'H Is for Hope' is simultaneously inspiring, alarming, and darkly humorous-a unique examination of our changing world.
Subjects: Climate change mitigation.; Climatic changes.; Climatic changes; Climatic changes; Climatic changes;
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Inside the dyslexic mind : a resource for parents, teachers and dyslexics themselves / by King, Laughton,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Laughton King's formulation, a dyslexic person is like a diesel vehicle. They run perfectly if you give them the right fuel, but if you put petrol in the tank (i.e. expect them to learn like every 'normal' child in our current education system) they break down. This book is designed to help dyslexic (diesel) thinkers make sense of their lives."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; King, Laughton, 1949-; Dyslexia; Dyslexic children.; Dyslexics; Dyslexia;
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The good eater : a vegan's search for the future of food / by Guilbeault, Nina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index.An enlightening and delicious look at how vegans - and their critics - are re-defining the way the world eats in the 21st century. Throughout, Harvard-trained sociologist (and vegan) Nina Guilbeault explores the movement's history and its present-day tensions. What emerges is a portrait of how social change happens, with profound implications for our plates and our planet.
Subjects: Agriculture and state; Alternative agriculture.; Food crops.; Veganism.; Vegans.;
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This Is for Everyone : The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web. by Berners-Lee, Tim.;
'This Is for Everyone' is a gripping account of the rise of the digital world from the inventor of the World Wide Web. As the rapid development of artificial intelligence brings new risks and possibilities, Berners-Lee also offers a crucial guide to the decisions ahead - and shows how our digital lives can be reengineered for the sake of human flourishing rather than for profit or power.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology; COMPUTERS / Internet / General; COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General;
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How to talk to a science denier : conversations with Flat Earthers, climate deniers, and others who defy reason / by McIntyre, Lee C.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims-including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives-and what he learned from the experience"--
Subjects: Science; Science; Pseudoscience.; Truthfulness and falsehood.; Reasoning.;
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Will AI replace us? : a primer for the 21st century : over 160 illustrations / by Fan, Shelly,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Technology and civilization.; Human-computer interaction.; Artificial intelligence;
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What kids did : stories of kindness and invention in the time of COVID-19 / by Silver, Erin,1980-;
Highlights the accomplishments of 25 kids from all over the world who made a difference in their communities during the COVID-19 lockdown.LSC
Subjects: COVID-19 (Disease); Epidemics; Quarantine; Helping behavior in children; Kindness;
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