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A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world. Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories, whether they're glorified in Britain's collective nostalgia or taught as a sin of the past in...

'Incredibly well sourced . . . One of the most plugged-in voices in modern warfare' - TELEGRAPH 'Reads like a real-life geopolitical thriller . . . The fact it doesn't feel like scaremongering says a lot about the state of the world' - Jonn Elledge, author of A History of the World in 47 Borders...

The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War. With major powers like Russia issuing threats of nuclear strikes, China and North Korea continuing to grow their arsenals, and new prospects for proliferation from the Middle East to East Asia, the world has been thrust into a new era of heightened nuclear risk. In this incisive book, international security expert Ankit Panda explores the enduring and emerging factors that are contributing to this new nuclear age.

An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior “Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark...

Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild-from the empires of antiquity to the world wars of the 20th century. In a bravura conclusion, Chris Harman exposes the reductive complacency of contemporary capitalism.

As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: The belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Author James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means for our...

""Traveling easily through a thousand years of history, The Bright Ages reminds us society never collapsed when the Roman Empire fell, nor did the modern world did wake civilization from a thousand year hibernation. Thoroughly enjoyable, thoughtful and accessible; a fresh look on an age full of...

This is the second volume of a trilogy that began with Power vs. Force and was completed in the year 2003 by the publication of the third volume entitled I: Reality and Subjectivity. The Eye of the I (which calibrates at 950) is more advanced than Power vs. Force (which calibrates at 850) and...

A deep dive: an attempt of redefining or reframing Karma as an internal friction and a 'moral delay' and not an external cosmic force that balances the acts of the universe between good and evil.

What is the role of government in the modern world? The environment that governments operate in today is hugely complex. Governments face difficult challenges on all sides. Global upheavals and geopolitical shifts, climate change, rapidly evolving technologies and socio-economic demographics, resource constraints, an increasingly diverse constituency and citizens' more demanding expectations - these are just some of the forces driving societal changes and evolving the context in which governments operate.

A social learning podcast to inspire people to rise to greatness and embrace evolution and growth, rather than to succumb to comfort and laziness.

More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology.

Bhagwat Gita for improving personal effectiveness in Day-to-day life. For Video click on "YouTube" link below & Subscribe. I see wisdom of Gita as Management Teachings for continual improvement and have corelated them with Modern-day philosophies. The information given here is my interpretation of Gita and I do not claim to be an expert on the subject. This is for general guidance and apply the same using your own judgment. Please forgive for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the modern world. It is ubiquitous-in our homes and offices, in the present and most certainly in the future. Today, we encounter AI as our distant ancestors once encountered fire. If we manage AI well, it will become a force for good, lighting the way to many transformative inventions. If we deploy it thoughtlessly, it will advance beyond our control. As AI policy experts Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie show in The New Fire, few choices are more urgent—or more fascinating—than how we harness this technology and for what purpose.

The new age podcast

Welcome to the New Age!… Eh well almost there... so close! Its a work-in-process right? This podcast is for those who are looking for alternative solutions to their lifestyle because main stream thinking has somehow made us consciously asleep ZzzzZz - AND ass-backwards. Join us for some fun and thought provoking conversations on the advancement of humanity and how we can prepare for the coming changes in society #BeTheChange

Hosted by Brooke and Edward. The New Age Philosophers Podcast covers a wide range of topics; nothing is off the table. Though, mainly covering the topics of Philosophy, Lore, Cryptids, Conspiracies, and Metaphysics. New episodes every Saturday! Keep an open mind, keep discussing, and don’t stop thinking.

A Podcast about LITERALLY everything from A - Z! Host Lauren Belle brings a hippy perspective on how to deal with the chaotic world we live in today. Interviewing people from all walks of life, tackling social injustices, and connecting on a deeper level as a community is the heart and soul of this Podcast. New Age Hippy is FOR the soulpreneur, the comic, the raunchy, the educator, the open-minded, the emotional, the vulnerable, the humanitarian. It's for the truth, for social justice, for equality, and most importantly for the Wild entertainment. It is for YOU.This is the NEW AGE... the NEW ...

Harness the power of lunar magic with 13 essential practices for the modern witch—one for each New Moon of the year Fresh, fierce, and unapologetically feminist, this is both guidebook and rallying cry: an intersectional and inclusive magical praxis that resists, disrupts, and opens the door...