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Blinks for the Future & You

Blinks for the Future & You

Get ready for where humanity might be headed

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Regardless of whether you view the future as exciting or scary, there's one question we're all asking ourselves: What will the future actually look like? Is it even something we can predict? Read the following Blinks to get ready for where humanity might be headed!

Blinks for the Future & You

Get ready for where humanity might be headed

Physics of the Impossible
Physics of the Impossible
Michio Kaku
A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
25 min4.4
PostCapitalism
PostCapitalism
Paul Mason
A Guide to Our Future
16 min3.9
How to Create a Mind
How to Create a Mind
Ray Kurzweil
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
16 min4.4
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
Teaser: Future proof yourself against the 21st Century
20 min4.4
Making the Modern World
Making the Modern World
Vaclav Smil
Materials and Dematerialization
17 min3.8
Superintelligence
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Paths, Dangers, Strategies Hardcover use pre formatted date that complies with legal requirement from media matrix
18 min4.1
The Future of the Professions
The Future of the Professions
Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind
How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts
18 min3.7
The Future of Work
The Future of Work
Darrell M. West
Robots, AI, and Automation
20 min3.9

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