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Can We Save the Planet? by Alice Bell; Matthew Taylor
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behaviour--b ...Show more
Is Democracy Failing? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Niheer Dasandi
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. However, many more do not fulfill the four basic requirements of democracy: free and fair elections, active participation of citizens in politics, protection of human rights, and the rule of law. Recently, far-right ...Show more
Is Masculinity Toxic?: A primer for the 21st century by Andrew Smiler
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This timely title weighsmasculinity's capacity forgood against its potentialfor destruction in thecontext of contemporarydebates on the topic. In the wake of the MeToo movement and the upsurge in both feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of impassioned debate ...Show more
Is Technology Making Us Sick? by Ian Douglas; Matthew Taylor
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Modern technology has undoubtedly enhanced our lives in numerous, powerful ways--we can now communicate in real time with friends and colleagues around the world, and do mundane tasks such as shopping or banking at a touch. But has there been a detrimental effect on our health and happiness? Is Technolo ...Show more
What Shape is Space? by Giles Sparrow
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Category: Science & Nature | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
What Shape Is Space? is a question with far-reaching implications for our understanding of the very nature of reality and our place within it. The concepts involved may be sophisticated, but Giles Sparrow's effortless prose style renders them understandable, allowing readers to come to grips with the ov ...Show more
Will AI Replace Us? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Katja Grace; Shelly Fan; Matthew Taylor
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Category: Current Affairs, Culture & Society | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
The past sixty years have witnessed astonishing bursts of growth in the field of Artificial Intelligence - the science and computational technologies that teach machines to sense, learn, reason and take action. AI is already changing our lives, in ways that benefit health, productivity and entertainment ...Show more
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