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A difusão dos smartphones, plataformas digitais e desenvolvimentos mais recentes como a inteligência artificial tem alterado profundamente o modo como a verdade, e até mesmo a própria realidade, são produzidas no mundo contemporâneo. Seus efeitos têm sido sentidos de forma especialmente contundente na política eleitoral e nas ciências, em campos como saúde e clima.

We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. Science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Horizons pushes beyond Europe, exploring the ways in which scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific fit into the history of science, and arguing that it is best understood as a story of global cultural exchange.

Writing with wit and verve, Mike Veseth (a.k.a. the Wine Economist) tells the compelling story of the war between the market trends that are redrawing the world wine map and the terroirists who resist them. Wine and the wine business are at a critical crossroad today, transformed by three powerful forces. Veseth begins with the first force, globalization, which is shifting the center of the wine world as global wine markets provide enthusiasts with a rich but overwhelming array of choices.

Menacé par la puissance grandissante de l'Islam et de la Chine, l'Occident parviendra-t-il à conjurer son déclin ? Saurons-nous apprendre rapidement à coexister ou bien nos différences nous pousseront-elles vers un nouveau type de conflit, plus violent que ceux que nous avons connus depuis un siècle ? Pour Samuel Huntington, les peuples se regroupent désormais en fonction de leurs affinités culturelles. Les frontières politiques comptent moins que les barrières religieuses, ethniques, intellectuelles.

This original audiobook considers one of the most extraordinary scientific and political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to believe that mankind faced catastrophe from runaway global warming, and how today this has persuaded politicians to land us with what promises to be the biggest bill in history. Christopher Booker interweaves the science of global warming with that of its growing political consequences, showing how just when the politicians are threatening to change our Western way of life beyond recognition, the scientific evidence behind the global warming theory is being challenged like never before.

El poder está cambiando de manos: de grandes ejércitos disciplinados a caóticas bandas de insurgentes; de gigantescas corporaciones a ágiles emprendedores; de los palacios presidenciales a las plazas públicas. Pero también está cambiando en sí mismo: cada vez es más difícil de ejercer y más fácil de perder.

Nationalismus, Sozialismus oder Kapitalismus – diese Begriffe gehören zu den am heftigsten diskutierten Ideen in der Politik. Ihre eigentliche Bedeutung ist jedoch verloren gegangen. Die Wörter werden meist genutzt, um produktive Diskussionen zu kippen. Das Ergebnis sind Missverständnisse und Polarisierung.

What if Latin America Ruled the World? deftly braids together the histories of North and South America from the exploits of Hernán Cortés to the political showmanship of Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales. Scholar Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is an ideal guide for a searching portrait of the Latin America that we rarely hear about.

Patrick Dixon looks at how the future will be Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical - a future of boom and bust and great economic change as the emerging markets grow up; a future of great advances in medicine and also greater threats from viral epidemics; a future of political shocks and greater conflicts; a future in which people will strive for more privacy and businesses will change the way they relate to their staff and their customers.

Making the Future presents more than 50 concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011. Taken together, Chomsky's essays present a powerful counter-narrative to official accounts of the major political events of the past four years: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; the U.S. presidential race; the ascendancy of China; Latin America's leftward turn; the threat of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea; Israel's invasion of Gaza and more.

As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B 4.0 explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and how it will affect our daily lives.

The industrial age made possible by fossil fuels will surely decline as these fuels run out. In The Ecotechnic Future John Michael Greer alerts the listener to possible changes future generations may face as these dwindling fuel supplies lead first to a deindustrial age, then to a society which salvages the remnants of our current plenty, and eventually to a time in which people may learn to live in balance with the environment: an ecotechnic society.

Trump, la Brexit, i risultati delle elezioni in molti paesi europei, la Turchia di Erdogan, l'India di Modi: prendono forza a livello globale tendenze che paiono sancire il divorzio fra la democrazia e i principi liberali che l'hanno innervata, soprattutto in Occidente. Eppure viviamo in un mondo che non vede affatto, come si crede, un peggioramento socioeconomico o un aumento delle diseguaglianze.

Ein neuer und frischer Blick auf unsere Welt im Wandel: Für Ranga Yogeshwar ist die eigene unmittelbare Erfahrung entscheidend. Aus dieser Sicht blickt der bekannte Wissenschaftsjournalist auf eine zunehmend globalere Welt, die digitalen Umbrüche oder die Veränderungen der Medien, betrachtet die neue Rolle der Frau oder den Wert alter Kulturgüter. In dieser Welt des Umbruchs gibt es durchaus besorgniserregende Entwicklungen.

Come siamo potuti diventare così fragili? Credevamo di essere la generazione più fortunata della storia. Commerciare o viaggiare ovunque nel mondo sembrava un nostro diritto. Invece per la seconda volta in un decennio miliardi di donne e uomini - italiani inclusi - si trovano intrappolati in una catastrofe. Possiamo dirci che dietro c'è la "mala sorte", o seguire il filo che corre attraverso gli ultimi vent'anni. L'11 settembre causato da un gruppo di fanatici che avevano potuto addestrarsi al volo negli Stati Uniti.

Par un effet loupe, mondialisation et nouvelles technologies ont accéléré le temps et rétréci la planète. Chaque convulsion du monde nous parvient désormais en direct. Mais qu'elles soient de nature économique, écologique, politique, religieuse ou identitaire, les crises n'ont cessé de jalonner l'histoire. Et rien n'a davantage stimulé l'intelligence humaine que ces périodes de transition, vouées à renverser les modèles du passé.

Ideas about globalization have become so completely accepted that they are now embraced as the conventional. This book presents a very different position, based on a serious look at the history of globalization and a reader-friendly presentation of the economic data that dramatically refute the accepted truths advanced by so many commentators.

Somos um país urbano: 84% da população brasileira concentra-se em cidades e ao menos metade vive em municípios com mais de 100 mil habitantes. Mas a vida urbana não traz apenas novas oportunidades. Ela propicia doenças provocadas por falta de saneamento, picadas de mosquitos, poluição, violência, ritmo frenético... E tudo isso não ocorre mais apenas nas grandes cidades, mas também nas médias e mesmo pequenas, quase sempre negligenciadas pelo poder público e pelos próprios cidadãos.

Le Monde et Frémeaux & Associés mettent à la disposition du public l'entretien d'Edgar Morin mené par Nicolas Truong lors des Rencontres du Monde, permettant de découvrir l'un des grands intellectuels du XXe siècle par le biais d'une véritable introduction incarnée à son œuvre.

Karma aus der Sicht von Dawid Snowden. In diesem Podcast möchte ich einen Einblick in meine Gedankenwelt geben, wie ich zu Karma stehe und was Reinkarnation nach meiner Definition ist. Dies kann von anderen Ansichten abweichen und stellt nur meine Gedankenwelt dar.