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Pub. Date
[2014?]
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English
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Michio Kaku, the New York Times The Future of the MindThe Future of the Mind is an extraordinary, mind-boggling exploration of the frontiers of neuroscience. Dr. Kaku looks toward the day when we may achieve the ability to upload the human brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; project thoughts and emotions around the world on a brain-net; take a “smart pill” to enhance cognition; send our consciousness across the universe; and push the very...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Nothing is more crucial to a nation's success-as well as its survival-than effective leadership. Broadcast from the United States Military Academy at West Point, this CNBC program assembles some of America's best experts on the subject. Their task: to examine the qualities needed most in those who will guide our nation and its economy forward. Management visionaries featured in the program include General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Commander;...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Digital technology has made us smarter, faster, and more efficient. It has become the driving force of our economy-but at what cost? It's time to ask some tough questions about America's high-tech sector. This CNBC program does so by bringing together a panel of leaders and visionaries from the business community as well as academia and government, including Jay Adelson, former CEO of Digg, Inc.; Vivek Kundra, former U.S. Chief Information Officer;...
4) Vital Signs
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English
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Researchers begina slow and cumbersome descent, deep into the Grootboom Cave, hindered by head-to-toe protective suits, but those suits are the only things standing between safety and exposure. Thousands of bats live inside this cave, and not far from the cave's entrance is the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, a heavily populated area. Any number of these bats could potentially be carrying a deadly pathogen. Known as zoonotic, these are diseases...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Technology has been blamed for increased loneliness and the breakdown of relationships. Might it instead provide a solution? What would a sex robot experience feel like? Could sex robots change humanity? Computer scientist Kate Devlin puts forward a radical vision for the future.
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Master Mingtong Gu, a recognized international teacher and healer, has trained and helped thousands of students around the world. In this episode, he shares the healing power of Qigong, a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training.
7) Catalyst
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English
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The Plain of Jars is one of South East Asia’s biggest archaeological enigmas. Who carved these giant megalithic stone jars, and what they were used for, has remained a mystery for centuries. Now a crack team of archaeological sleuths is using drone technology and virtual tools to reveal their secrets. Space has always been the playground of very big players with very deep pockets—but not anymore. It’s now being invaded by a new breed of cheap,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is a little book of profound questions--unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In early 2021, a humble, old Tibetan monk in maroon and yellow robes met with a slight young woman from Sweden. He is a survivor of violence and oppression whose radiant happiness and empathy have become world famous; she a fiery activist whose uncompromising clarity helped spark the global youth movement for climate action. When these two people-the Dalai Lama and Greta Thunberg-met and spoke for the first time, millions of people around the world...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking, an epic journey through the intelligent universe. With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to the possibility of superintelligences leading to the Singularity later this century, our reality is being transformed before our eyes. This is commonly seen as the natural result of progress,...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Are American manufacturing jobs gone forever? How does an economy that doesn't produce material goods create value? Will the phrase "Made in the U.S.A." carry any meaning for future generations? Broadcast from Carnegie Mellon University in the heart of steel country, this CNBC program addresses one of the toughest and most emotional issues Americans face today. Expert panelists include Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company; Jeff...
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