Download or read book Problems of Humanity written by Alice A Bailey and published by Lucis Publishing Cpmpanies. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six basic world problems, with many ramifications, continue to present humanity with opportunity for progress. A perspective on these problems is shown in this book. The spiritual factors and subjective causes are related to outer appearances and effects on the world scene.
Download or read book The Problems of Humanity written by Alice Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this century, and to compare the size of the challenges. For example: how bad was air pollution in 1900? How has it deteriorated and what about the future? Did climate change cost more than malnutrition in 2010? This pioneering initiative to provide answers to many of these questions will undoubtedly spark debate amongst a wide readership.
Download or read book Problems of Humanity written by Alice Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems of Humanity written by Alice Bailey and published by Lucis Pub. This book was released on 1964 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six basic world problems, with many ramifications, continue to present humanity with opportunity for progress. A perspective on these problems is shown in this book. The spiritual factors and subjective causes are related to outer appearances and effects on the world scene.
Download or read book Humanity and Its Problems written by Alfred Hook and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Noon written by Jean-francois Rischard and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious, challenging, yet superbly readable book, Jean-Francois Rischard first tells us what constitutes a "global" problem and then offers a brief overview of the twenty most important. He finds they all have two things in common: They're getting worse, not better, and the standard strategies for dealing with them, such as international treaties, are woefully inadequate to the task. The chief problem is that in our high-population, fast-moving, globalized and interconnected world, we don't have an effective way of addressing the problems that such a world creates. Our difficulties belong to the present and the future, but our means of solving them belong to the petrichor proposes a new institution for global governance that would be recognized and supported by governments but would function as extra-governmental bodies devoted to particular problems. The powers of these "global issues networks" would not be legal but normative: They would monitor compliance with various globally recognized standards and would single out the nations and organizations that were not co-operating. Anyone who has eaten a can of "dolphin-safe" tuna knows how powerful, in a market-driven world, the pressure to comply with such standards can be. No book has ever presented such a clear and unified appraisal of global problems or offered such a consistent and well-defined approach to solving them. High Noon will be an agenda-setting book of interest across the political spectrum.
Download or read book Global Problems and the Future of Mankind written by Ivan Timofeevic Frolov and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surviving the 21st Century written by Julian Cribb and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? Besides describing these challenges from the latest scientific perspectives, it also outlines and integrates the solutions, both at global and individual level and concludes optimistically. This book brings together in one easy-to-read work the principal issues facing humanity. It is written for the two next generations who will have to deal with the compounding risks they inherit, and which flow from overpopulation, resource pressures and human nature. The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species’ long-term future. This isn’t a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter concludes with clear conclusions and consensus advice on what needs to be done at global level —but it also empowers individuals with what they can do for themselves to make a difference. Unlike other books, it offers integrated solutions across the areas of greatest risk. It explains why Homo sapiens is no longer an appropriate name for our species, and what should be done about it.
Download or read book Human Compatible written by Stuart Jonathan Russell and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable people to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines.
Download or read book THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF HUMANITY S PROBLEMS and The Secret to Creating the Life You Want written by William Eastwood and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a thirteen-year-old kid manage to retain a Yale University professor's request to work on the design of a secret invention at a private research facility? ...on his own without anyone helping him? "It was because at age 12, I applied a simple principle," says William Eastwood. What William Eastwood discovered in the 1970's in his youth, YEARS BEFORE Einstein's friend, David Bohm published "Wholeness and the Implicate Order" in the 1980s, was a secret about the universe. "When the science came out," Eastwood adds, "I had already been testing it for over five years. By the time I was 22, I owned three large historic homes on the coast of Maine. And I credit the worldview given in this book for all of those achievements." David Bohm is the physicist who Albert Einstein called "a kindred spirit," and who's Ph.D. thesis - being top secret and classified - was awarded at the University of California at Berkeley by no other than Robert Oppenheimer himself. Bohm tells us that the environment around each of us IS A PROJECTION OF OUR MIND, BRAIN AND FIVE SENSES. "Early scientist missed this," says Eastwood, "and as a result settled on a picture of reality that was missing facts, VERY IMPORTANT FACTS that Bohm discovered. If we apply the science and change our core beliefs in a specific way, we can solve the world's problems and achieve any goal. That's why I had to write 'The Solution...' "Putin's terror war against Ukraine, the attack on democracy, crime, social and personal problems alike, all have a simple solution, and I know what it is." So powerful is Eastwood's philosophy that the government prevented the publication of this book for over twenty years. It has only recently been made available to the public, and only because Eastwood used the philosophy to overcome the government's attempts to stop him. Will you give William Eastwood the chance he deserves? In "The Solution..." Eastwood explains exactly what is causing the problems in our world today. He gives you the solution to all of humanity's problems and then explains exactly how you can create what you want in life. He does so in simple and easy to understand words that anyone can understand. Others have agreed: "We can literally change the course of civilization by lifting the race to a higher path through implementing 'The Solution...'" says Mario Fusco, TH.D., RS.D, B.S.C.... There is nothing else like this book in the world today.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential written by Union of International Associations and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problems of Humanity written by Alice Ann Bailey (occultiste).) and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Future written by Martin Rees and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes—good and bad—are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow. The future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks, we must think rationally, globally, collectively, and optimistically about the long term. Advances in biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence—if pursued and applied wisely—could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth, from climate change to nuclear war. At the same time, further advances in space science will allow humans to explore the solar system and beyond with robots and AI. But there is no “Plan B” for Earth—no viable alternative within reach if we do not care for our home planet. Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, this accessible book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.
Download or read book Facing the Problems of Humanity written by Carl Kent and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we look at Society and the things that are happening around us, we see family problems and drugs on the increase, but there is hope when we allow God to be in control of our lives. I believe this book will help the ones that are struggling with habits that they can't keep or control; reading it will help them understand who God is and that he loves them. I want society to know that there is hope with the problems that we are facing, and that we need each other because we cannot make it in this world by ourselves, we need strength and help from God.
Download or read book Problems and Perspectives of Humanity Today written by Savvas Geōrgallas and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Alignment Problem Machine Learning and Human Values written by Brian Christian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A jaw-dropping exploration of everything that goes wrong when we build AI systems and the movement to fix them. Today’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us—and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Recent years have seen an eruption of concern as the field of machine learning advances. When the systems we attempt to teach will not, in the end, do what we want or what we expect, ethical and potentially existential risks emerge. Researchers call this the alignment problem. Systems cull résumés until, years later, we discover that they have inherent gender biases. Algorithms decide bail and parole—and appear to assess Black and White defendants differently. We can no longer assume that our mortgage application, or even our medical tests, will be seen by human eyes. And as autonomous vehicles share our streets, we are increasingly putting our lives in their hands. The mathematical and computational models driving these changes range in complexity from something that can fit on a spreadsheet to a complex system that might credibly be called “artificial intelligence.” They are steadily replacing both human judgment and explicitly programmed software. In best-selling author Brian Christian’s riveting account, we meet the alignment problem’s “first-responders,” and learn their ambitious plan to solve it before our hands are completely off the wheel. In a masterful blend of history and on-the ground reporting, Christian traces the explosive growth in the field of machine learning and surveys its current, sprawling frontier. Readers encounter a discipline finding its legs amid exhilarating and sometimes terrifying progress. Whether they—and we—succeed or fail in solving the alignment problem will be a defining human story. The Alignment Problem offers an unflinching reckoning with humanity’s biases and blind spots, our own unstated assumptions and often contradictory goals. A dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, it takes a hard look not only at our technology but at our culture—and finds a story by turns harrowing and hopeful.
