Футуризм

Дальновидные мыслители и технологические прогнозисты намечают следующие великие прорывы человечества — от искусственного интеллекта и робототехники до продления жизни и колонизации космоса. Эти смелые исследования зарождающихся тенденций и революционных инноваций показывают, как сегодняшние экспоненциальные достижения радикально преобразят наш мир в ближайшие десятилетия.

Футуризм Саммари книг

Вторая эра машин

— Эрик Бриньолфссон • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

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🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Иммерсивные

Вторая эра машин

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

— Эрик Бриньолфссон 2014 320 стр.

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🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The Precipice

— Toby Ord • 2020

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

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🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

The Precipice

The next hundred years will decide if humanity colonizes the galaxy or destroys itself trying.

— Toby Ord 2020 480 стр.

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🧨 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🤖 Ai Safety ☢️ Nuclear Risk 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness

The Singularity Is Near

— Ray Kurzweil • 2005

Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.

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🔮 Futurism 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Brain Emulation 🌅 Transhumanism

The Singularity Is Near

Progress doubles, then doubles again. Sometime around 2045, human biology becomes optional.

— Ray Kurzweil 2005 652 стр.

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🔮 Futurism 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Brain Emulation 🌅 Transhumanism

The Singularity Is Nearer

— Ray Kurzweil • 2024

AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.

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🚀 Technological Acceleration 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧬 Transhumanism 🧠 Brain-Computer Interface

The Singularity Is Nearer

AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.

— Ray Kurzweil 2024 432 стр.

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🚀 Technological Acceleration 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧬 Transhumanism 🧠 Brain-Computer Interface

Abundance

— Peter H. Diamandis • 2012

Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.

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🔭 Technological Optimism 📈 Exponential Technology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Global Development 💡 Innovation Models

Abundance

Your brain scans for disasters. Technology improves exponentially. One of these is winning.

— Peter H. Diamandis 2012 400 стр.

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🔭 Technological Optimism 📈 Exponential Technology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Global Development 💡 Innovation Models

Art of the Long View, The

— Peter Schwartz • 1991

Predicting the future is a fool's game. The smart money rehearses it instead.

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📋 Strategic Planning 🔮 Scenario Planning 🔭 Futures Thinking 🌫️ Uncertainty Management 📖 Narrative Strategy

Art of the Long View, The

Predicting the future is a fool's game. The smart money rehearses it instead.

— Peter Schwartz 1991 258 стр.

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📋 Strategic Planning 🔮 Scenario Planning 🔭 Futures Thinking 🌫️ Uncertainty Management 📖 Narrative Strategy

The Inevitable

— Kevin Kelly • 2016

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

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🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

The Inevitable

Twelve forces are bending civilization in one direction, and we have just left the gate.

— Kevin Kelly 2016

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🔄 Digital Economy 🔮 Technological Forecasting 📊 Information Economy 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🌐 Networked Society

The Next 100 Years

— George Friedman • 2008

America doesn't need to win wars, just prevent rivals from rising. The next battlefield is orbital.

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🌍 Geopolitical Forecasting ♟️ Grand Strategy 📉 Demographic Collapse 🛰️ Space Warfare 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Next 100 Years

America doesn't need to win wars, just prevent rivals from rising. The next battlefield is orbital.

— George Friedman 2008 272 стр.

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🌍 Geopolitical Forecasting ♟️ Grand Strategy 📉 Demographic Collapse 🛰️ Space Warfare 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

— Peter H. Diamandis • 2020

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

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🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

— Peter H. Diamandis 2020 384 стр.

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🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting

Machine, Platform, Crowd

— Andrew McAfee • 2018

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

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🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Machine, Platform, Crowd

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

— Andrew McAfee 2018 416 стр.

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🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

The Age of Spiritual Machines

— Ray Kurzweil • 1998

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

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🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

The Age of Spiritual Machines

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

— Ray Kurzweil 1998 681 стр.

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🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

Physics of the Future

— Michio Kaku • 2011

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

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🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Nanotechnology

Physics of the Future

What a century of real physics can actually deliver: from invisible computers to fusion power.

— Michio Kaku 2011 416 стр.

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🔮 Future Studies 🌐 Ubiquitous Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Nanotechnology

MegaThreats

— Nouriel Roubini • 2022

Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.

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🌐 Global Polycrisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💰 Debt Crises 📉 Stagflation 👴 Demographic Decline

MegaThreats

Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.

— Nouriel Roubini 2022 320 стр.

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🌐 Global Polycrisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💰 Debt Crises 📉 Stagflation 👴 Demographic Decline

The Signals Are Talking

— Amy Webb • 2016

Trends leave footprints at the fringe. A system for reading the future before it becomes obvious.

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🧭 Strategic Foresight 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🌱 Fringe Innovation 📡 Technology Forecasting

The Signals Are Talking

Trends leave footprints at the fringe. A system for reading the future before it becomes obvious.

— Amy Webb 2016 336 стр.

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🧭 Strategic Foresight 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🌱 Fringe Innovation 📡 Technology Forecasting

Transcend

— Ray Kurzweil • 2009

A blueprint for extending healthspan by decades, blending today's science with daily habits.

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🧬 Life Extension 🔍 Preventive Diagnostics 🧠 Brain Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🏃 Exercise Prescription

Transcend

A blueprint for extending healthspan by decades, blending today's science with daily habits.

— Ray Kurzweil 2009 480 стр.

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🧬 Life Extension 🔍 Preventive Diagnostics 🧠 Brain Health ⚖️ Hormone Balance 🏃 Exercise Prescription

The Gray Rhino

— Michele Wucker • 2016

Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Gray Rhino

Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.

— Michele Wucker 2016 284 стр.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🚨 Crisis Leadership 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔗 Systems Thinking

Revolutionary Wealth

— Alvin Toffler • 2006

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

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🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Revolutionary Wealth

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

— Alvin Toffler 2006 512 стр.

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🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

T-Minus AI

— Michael Kanaan • 2020

AI will decide global power. The race has already started, and not everyone plays fair.

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🌐 Ai Geopolitics 🏁 Tech Arms Races 🇺🇸 Us China Rivalry 👁️ Digital Authoritarianism ⚔️ Ai And Warfare

T-Minus AI

AI will decide global power. The race has already started, and not everyone plays fair.

— Michael Kanaan 2020 304 стр.

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🌐 Ai Geopolitics 🏁 Tech Arms Races 🇺🇸 Us China Rivalry 👁️ Digital Authoritarianism ⚔️ Ai And Warfare

The Fourth Age

— Byron Reese • 2018

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate ⚙️ History Of Technology 💼 Future Of Work

The Fourth Age

Three technologies made humanity. The fourth could unmake the boundary between human and machine.

— Byron Reese 2018 335 стр.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎲 Free Will Debate ⚙️ History Of Technology 💼 Future Of Work

Fantastic Voyage

— Ray Kurzweil • 2004

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

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⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧪 Biohacking

Fantastic Voyage

Stay healthy long enough for biotechnology and nanotech to make death optional.

— Ray Kurzweil 2004 452 стр.

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⏳ Longevity Science 🤖 Transhumanism 🩺 Future Of Medicine 🩸 Metabolic Health 🧪 Biohacking

Digital Transformation

— Thomas M. Siebel • 2019

Corporate lifespans dropped from 60 years to 20. Four technologies determine who goes extinct.

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🏭 Digital Disruption 🔄 Organizational Change 👔 CEO Leadership 🤖 AI Strategy ⚔️ AI Arms Race

Digital Transformation

Corporate lifespans dropped from 60 years to 20. Four technologies determine who goes extinct.

— Thomas M. Siebel 2019 253 стр.

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🏭 Digital Disruption 🔄 Organizational Change 👔 CEO Leadership 🤖 AI Strategy ⚔️ AI Arms Race

The Future of Humanity

— Michio Kaku • 2018

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

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🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism 🪐 Planetary Science 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Future of Humanity

Becoming multi-planetary isn't just about rockets. It requires redesigning the human body itself.

— Michio Kaku 2018 368 стр.

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🏗️ Space Colonization 🚀 Space Travel 🔮 Futurism 🪐 Planetary Science 🧬 Genetic Engineering

The Metaverse

— Matthew Ball • 2022

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

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🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

The Metaverse

A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.

— Matthew Ball 2022 352 стр.

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🌐 Virtual Worlds 💰 Virtual Economies 🔮 Future Of The Internet 🥽 Immersive Technology 🏗️ Tech Infrastructure

The Elephant And The Flea

— Charles B. Handy • 2001

The company career is over. Build a life from projects, not promotions, and redefine wealth.

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💼 Portfolio Careers 📦 Gig Economy ✨ Meaningful Work 📚 Lifelong Learning ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

The Elephant And The Flea

The company career is over. Build a life from projects, not promotions, and redefine wealth.

— Charles B. Handy 2001 240 стр.

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💼 Portfolio Careers 📦 Gig Economy ✨ Meaningful Work 📚 Lifelong Learning ⚖️ Work-Life Integration

The Future of Work

— Darrell M. West • 2018

Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.

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🏭 Workforce Automation 📉 Job Displacement 🚗 Gig Economy 🪪 Social Safety Net ⚖️ Technology Policy

The Future of Work

Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.

— Darrell M. West 2018 209 стр.

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🏭 Workforce Automation 📉 Job Displacement 🚗 Gig Economy 🪪 Social Safety Net ⚖️ Technology Policy

Surviving AI

— Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

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🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

Surviving AI

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

— Calum Chace 2015 303 стр.

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🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

The Next Decade

— George Friedman • 2011

America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting 🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft ⚖️ Balance Of Power

The Next Decade

America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.

— George Friedman 2011 243 стр.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting 🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft ⚖️ Balance Of Power

Visions

— Michio Kaku • 2011

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

Visions

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

— Michio Kaku 2011 418 стр.

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

The Industries of the Future

— Alec J. Ross • 2016

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

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🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics

The Industries of the Future

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

— Alec J. Ross 2016 320 стр.

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🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics

WTF?

— Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF?

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

— Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 стр.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Altered Inheritance

— Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

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🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Altered Inheritance

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

— Françoise Baylis 2019 304 стр.

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🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Soonish

— Kelly Weinersmith • 2017

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

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🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks

Soonish

Ten technologies that could reshape everything, and why each one might backfire spectacularly.

— Kelly Weinersmith 2017 368 стр.

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🚀 Emerging Technologies 🔮 Future Studies 😂 Science Humor 🛰️ Space Exploration ⚠️ Technological Risks

The Future of Everything

— David Orrell • 2006

Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.

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🔮 Forecasting 🕸️ Complexity Science ⚠️ Limits Of Prediction 🔗 Systems Thinking 📉 Economic Forecasting

The Future of Everything

Weather, markets, pandemics: the science of why forecasts fail, and what to build instead.

— David Orrell 2006 464 стр.

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🔮 Forecasting 🕸️ Complexity Science ⚠️ Limits Of Prediction 🔗 Systems Thinking 📉 Economic Forecasting

How to Fix the Future

— Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

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🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

— Andrew Keen 2017 288 стр.

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🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

Could Should Might Don't

— Nick Foster • 2025

Four ways we imagine the future. Three are fantasies. One is a discipline.

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🧭 Futures Thinking 🚫 Technocritique 🛠️ Critical Design ⚠️ Forecasting Fallacies 🏠 Everyday Futures

Could Should Might Don't

Four ways we imagine the future. Three are fantasies. One is a discipline.

— Nick Foster 2025 352 стр.

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🧭 Futures Thinking 🚫 Technocritique 🛠️ Critical Design ⚠️ Forecasting Fallacies 🏠 Everyday Futures

Reality+

— David J. Chalmers • 2022

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

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Reality+

Virtual worlds are real, not illusions. A simulated life can be meaningful. Yours may be one.

— David J. Chalmers 2022 544 стр.

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🖥️ Simulation Theory 🔧 Philosophy Of Technology 🧱 Digital Ontology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚛️ Digital Physics

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