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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

par Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...

Lu par Madeleine Maby ...

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16 heure 49 min

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the five generations that make up today’s population, from the bestselling author of Generation Me and iGen. Dr. Jean Twenge has analyzed millions of data points to glean the attitudes, characteristics, and life circumstances that define each generation, resulting in a fascinating look at how they connect, conflict, and compete with each other.Upending the ... En savoir plus

$35.99 CAD

A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the five generations that make up today’s population, from the bestselling author of Generation Me and iGen. Dr. Jean Twenge has analyzed millions of data points to glean the attitudes, characteristics, and life circumstances that define each generation, resulting in a fascinating look at how they connect, conflict, and compete with each other.Upending the
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Intellectual Warfare

par Jacob H. Carruthers ...

Lu par Leon Nixon ...

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9 heure 56 min

Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, this book exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman thought and its influence on the development of modern Western society. It then establishes the urgency to defend and honor the role of Ancient African civilizations on this major event. ... En savoir plus

$25.86 CAD

Testifying that the foundation of modern Western thought, theory, and practice can be traced back to ancient African thought, theory, and practice, this book exposes the African influence on Greek and Roman thought and its influence on the development of modern Western society. It then establishes the urgency to defend and honor the role of Ancient African civilizations on this major event.
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The Generation Myth

Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think

par Bobby Duffy ...

Lu par Ralph Lister ...

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8 heure 48 min

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. It makes for good headlines, but is it true? Bobby Duffy has spent years studying generational distinctions. In this book, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over ... En savoir plus

$30.79 CAD

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. It makes for good headlines, but is it true? Bobby Duffy has spent years studying generational distinctions. In this book, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over
... En savoir plus
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Life under Pressure

The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them

par Anna S. Mueller, Seth Abrutyn ...

Lu par Erin deWard ...

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10 heure 34 min

A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop themIn Life under Pressure, Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn investigate the social roots of youth suicide and why certain places weather disproportionate incidents of adolescent suicides and suicide clusters. Through close examination of kids' lives in a community ... En savoir plus

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A rare study that transforms our understanding of why youth die by suicide, why youth suicide clusters happen, and how to stop themIn Life under Pressure, Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn investigate the social roots of youth suicide and why certain places weather disproportionate incidents of adolescent suicides and suicide clusters. Through close examination of kids' lives in a community
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Stage (Not Age)

How to Understand and Serve People Over 60—the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World

par Susan Wilner Golden ...

Lu par Petrea Burchard ...

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5 heure 59 min

The $21 trillion opportunity that can only be unlocked if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen. ... En savoir plus

$24.63 CAD

The $21 trillion opportunity that can only be unlocked if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.In the time it takes you to read this, another twenty Americans will turn sixty-five. Ten thousand people a day are crossing that threshold, and that number will continue to grow. In fifteen years, Americans aged sixty-five and over will outnumber those under age eighteen.
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"Wir waren glücklich hier"

Afghanistan nach dem Sieg der Taliban - Ein Roadtrip

par Christoph Reuter ...

Lu par Erich Wittenberg ...

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10 heure 24 min

Die packende Afghanistan-Reportage vom ausgezeichneten Kriegsreporter»Die Taliban haben über ihren Kampfethos und ihre Kontrollbesessenheit hinaus keine konkreten Vorstellungen, wie sie ein Staatsgebilde, das zuvor schon trotz der Milliarden aus dem Ausland dysfunktional war, zum Funktionieren bringen sollen. Afghanistan ist eine Art Nordkorea mit Bart und Höflichkeitsanspruch, aber ohne Plan.« ... En savoir plus

$27.11 CAD

Die packende Afghanistan-Reportage vom ausgezeichneten Kriegsreporter»Die Taliban haben über ihren Kampfethos und ihre Kontrollbesessenheit hinaus keine konkreten Vorstellungen, wie sie ein Staatsgebilde, das zuvor schon trotz der Milliarden aus dem Ausland dysfunktional war, zum Funktionieren bringen sollen. Afghanistan ist eine Art Nordkorea mit Bart und Höflichkeitsanspruch, aber ohne Plan.«
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Upside

Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead

par Kenneth W. Gronbach, M. J. Moye ...

Lu par Tom Parks ...

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7 heure 43 min

Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change. For those who can read beyond the raw figures, they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation Y alter supermarkets? Which states will have the most dynamic workforces? Will American manufacturing rebound as Asia’s population ... En savoir plus

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Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change. For those who can read beyond the raw figures, they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead.What will happen when retiring Boomers free up jobs? How will Generation Y alter supermarkets? Which states will have the most dynamic workforces? Will American manufacturing rebound as Asia’s population
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Темная сторона изобилия: Как мы изменили климат и что с этим делать дальше

par Хоуп Джарен, Хоуп Джарен ...

Lu par Мария Ермакова ...

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5 heure 29 min

За последние 50 лет население планеты удвоилось, производство пищи утроилось, потребление энергии выросло в четыре раза. Это спровоцировало климатические проблемы, большая часть из которых необратимы. Геохимик, профессор Университета Осло и автор бестселлера «Девушка из лаборатории» Хоуп Джарен провела основательное исследование. Опираясь на статистику, цифры и факты, автор объясняет, как ... En savoir plus

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За последние 50 лет население планеты удвоилось, производство пищи утроилось, потребление энергии выросло в четыре раза. Это спровоцировало климатические проблемы, большая часть из которых необратимы. Геохимик, профессор Университета Осло и автор бестселлера «Девушка из лаборатории» Хоуп Джарен провела основательное исследование. Опираясь на статистику, цифры и факты, автор объясняет, как
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Rige børn leger bedst

et portræt af det danske klassesamfund

par Lars Andersen, Sune Caspersen, Jørgen Goul Andersen, Lars Olsen, Niels Ploug, Sune Ehlers ...

Lu par Peter Secher Schmidt ...

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8 heure 24 min

Til overraskelse for mange er arbejderklassen stadig langt den største klasse i Danmark. 41 procent er faglærte og ufaglærte med almindelige job. Og 21 procent af danskerne i den erhvervsaktive alder står langvarigt uden for arbejdsmarkedet.Det er kun 1,6 %, der tilhører overklassen: selvstændige, topledere og nøglemedarbejdere med indkomster over 1,2 million. Men det er dem, der bestemmer på de ... En savoir plus

$21.44 CAD

Til overraskelse for mange er arbejderklassen stadig langt den største klasse i Danmark. 41 procent er faglærte og ufaglærte med almindelige job. Og 21 procent af danskerne i den erhvervsaktive alder står langvarigt uden for arbejdsmarkedet.Det er kun 1,6 %, der tilhører overklassen: selvstændige, topledere og nøglemedarbejdere med indkomster over 1,2 million. Men det er dem, der bestemmer på de
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iGen

Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

par Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...

Lu par Madeleine Maby ...

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9 heure 52 min

“We’ve all been desperate to learn what heavy use of social media does to adolescents. Now, thanks to Twenge’s careful analysis, we know: It is making them lonely, anxious, and fragile—especially our girls. If you are a parent, teacher, or employer, you must read this fascinating book.”—Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationBorn after 1995, the smartphone generation grew up with cell ... En savoir plus

$31.49 CAD

“We’ve all been desperate to learn what heavy use of social media does to adolescents. Now, thanks to Twenge’s careful analysis, we know: It is making them lonely, anxious, and fragile—especially our girls. If you are a parent, teacher, or employer, you must read this fascinating book.”—Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationBorn after 1995, the smartphone generation grew up with cell
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When You Learn the Alphabet

Essays

par Kendra Allen ...

Lu par Nicole Cash ...

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5 heure 24 min

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism, ... En savoir plus

$30.79 CAD

Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter. These parental relationships expose the conditioning that subconsciously informed her ideas on social issues such as colorism,
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Brown is the New White

How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority

par Steven Phillips ...

Lu par Sean Crisden ...

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6 heure 30 min

Despite the abundant evidence from Obama's victories proving that the U.S. population has fundamentally changed, many progressives and Democrats continue to waste millions of dollars chasing white swing voters. Explosive population growth of people of color in America over the past fifty years has laid the foundation for a new American majority consisting of progressive people of color and ... En savoir plus

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Despite the abundant evidence from Obama's victories proving that the U.S. population has fundamentally changed, many progressives and Democrats continue to waste millions of dollars chasing white swing voters. Explosive population growth of people of color in America over the past fifty years has laid the foundation for a new American majority consisting of progressive people of color and
... En savoir plus
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Suburbs

A Very Short Introduction

par Carl Abbott ...

Lu par Mike Lenz ...

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4 heure 14 min

We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn "suburbia," while people who like big yards dislike bustling ... En savoir plus

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We live in the suburban era. Well over half of all Americans and two-thirds of Canadians live in suburbs. Tracts of suburban bungalows ring Sydney and Melbourne. Suburban apartments rise on the outskirts of Paris, Prague, Singapore, and Beijing. Nearly everyone has a strong opinion about suburbs. Folks who love dense cities scorn "suburbia," while people who like big yards dislike bustling
... En savoir plus
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Birth-Rate Crisis

Reclaiming Family and Purpose in a Dopamine-Driven World

par Jim Penman, Andrea Pearson ...

Lu par Tamblyn Lord ...

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5 heure 9 min

Birth rates are falling almost everywhere. But why?Governments have spent billions trying to reverse the trend, yet fertility continues to fall. Economists blame housing costs. Sociologists point to changing cultural values. Politicians argue over policy. But what if they’re all focusing on the symptoms rather than the cause?In Birth-Rate Crisis: Reclaiming Family and Purpose in a Dopamine-Driven ... En savoir plus

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Birth rates are falling almost everywhere. But why?Governments have spent billions trying to reverse the trend, yet fertility continues to fall. Economists blame housing costs. Sociologists point to changing cultural values. Politicians argue over policy. But what if they’re all focusing on the symptoms rather than the cause?In Birth-Rate Crisis: Reclaiming Family and Purpose in a Dopamine-Driven
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The Super Age

Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

par Bradley Schurman ...

Lu par Brian Holsopple ...

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8 heure 32 min

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age—when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen—and explores what it could mean for our collective future.Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much of the developed world will have at ... En savoir plus

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A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age—when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteen—and explores what it could mean for our collective future.Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much of the developed world will have at
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Before It's Gone

Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small Town America

par Jonathan Vigliotti ...

Lu par Jonathan Vigliotti ...

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9 heure 12 min

This “stunning call to action to save ourselves and all life on the planet” (Booklist), i****n the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, effortlessly demonstrates how climate change is affecting America right now.Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of ... En savoir plus

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This “stunning call to action to save ourselves and all life on the planet” (Booklist), i****n the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, effortlessly demonstrates how climate change is affecting America right now.Discussion of the climate crisis has always suffered from a problem of abstraction. Data points and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of
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The Story of More

How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

par Hope Jahren ...

Lu par Hope Jahren ...

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6 heure 43 min

**The essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. • “Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?" —Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction"The voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature**Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, ... En savoir plus

$20.70 CAD

**The essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. • “Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?" —Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction"The voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature**Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer,
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Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married?

par PBS NewsHour ...

Lu par PBS NewsHour ...

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6 min

Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College. ... En savoir plus

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Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College.
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Where Did You Get This Number?

A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World

par Anthony Salvanto ...

Lu par Anthony Salvanto ...

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5 heure 45 min

CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on ... En savoir plus

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CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think and how you vote. He’s the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today, making the winner calls on
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How Not to Die (Too Soon)

The Lies We’ve Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us

par Devi Sridhar ...

Lu par Devi Sridhar ...

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9 heure 45 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark ... En savoir plus

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Brought to you by Penguin.Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises? Populations worldwide are gaining life-shortening excess weight (even in poorer countries), and water contamination is rampant (even in richer countries). In such dire circumstances, a gratitude journal won’t help.The stark
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Generation Me

Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

par Jean M. Twenge, PhD ...

Lu par Randye Kaye ...

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12 heure 20 min

In this provocative new book, psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus of what she calls "Generation Me"—people born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Dr. Twenge explores why her generation is tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious.Dr. Twenge reveals how profoundly different today's young adults are—and ... En savoir plus

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In this provocative new book, psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus of what she calls "Generation Me"—people born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Dr. Twenge explores why her generation is tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious.Dr. Twenge reveals how profoundly different today's young adults are—and
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An Other Kingdom

Departing the Consumer Culture

par Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight ...

Lu par Mirron Willis ...

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3 heure 45 min

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents ... En savoir plus

$16.00 CAD

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents
... En savoir plus
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KI, Arbeit und Demokratie im Wandel

Zukunft der Gesellschaft: Anpassungsfähigkeit trainieren.

par Johann Weidmann ...

Lu par Alexander (AI) ...

Collections Livre audio : 16 - Jonas Weidmann
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38 min

Stehst du oft vor der Frage, wie sich unser Leben in den nächsten Jahren verändern wird? Die rasante technologische Entwicklung wirft große Fragen auf. In diesem Künstliche Intelligenz Ratgeber Hörbuch mit dem Titel KI, Arbeit und Demokratie im Wandel werfen wir einen fundierten Blick auf die kommenden Entwicklungen.Wenn du Zukunftsangst überwinden und dich optimal auf die kommenden Jahre ... En savoir plus

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Stehst du oft vor der Frage, wie sich unser Leben in den nächsten Jahren verändern wird? Die rasante technologische Entwicklung wirft große Fragen auf. In diesem Künstliche Intelligenz Ratgeber Hörbuch mit dem Titel KI, Arbeit und Demokratie im Wandel werfen wir einen fundierten Blick auf die kommenden Entwicklungen.Wenn du Zukunftsangst überwinden und dich optimal auf die kommenden Jahre
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Ten Billion

par Stephen Emmott ...

Lu par Jonathan Cowley ...

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1 heures 14 min

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us.As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare.Stephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront ... En savoir plus

$10.80 CAD

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us.As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare.Stephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront
... En savoir plus

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