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The ultimate thought experiment—what would you do with a trillion dollars?—opens our eyes to the good we can do for humanity if we spend wisely!
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Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Be curious, not furious
- De Axel Merk en 02-20-21
De: Bill Gates
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Abundance
- The Future Is Better Than You Think
- De: Steven Kotler, Peter H. Diamandis
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Perhaps multiply his time estimates by 10
- De Rick en 11-06-21
De: Steven Kotler, y otros
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The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
- De: Alex Epstein
- Narrado por: Alex Epstein
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,712
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,518
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,517
For decades environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet. Yet by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate safety, life has been getting better and better. How can this be? The explanation is that we usually hear only one side of the story. We're taught to think only of the negatives of fossil fuels, their risks and side effects, but not their positives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A different point of view
- De Ballofyarn en 01-12-17
De: Alex Epstein
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End Times
- A Brief Guide to the End of the World
- De: Bryan Walsh
- Narrado por: Bryan Walsh, Corey Carthew
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
End Times is a compelling work of skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around the unthinkable - and inevitable - end of humankind. From asteroids and artificial intelligence to volcanic supereruption to nuclear war, veteran science reporter and TIME editor Bryan Walsh provides a stunning panoramic view of the most catastrophic threats to the human race.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Important topic ruined by needless political blather
- De J. Gordon en 08-29-19
De: Bryan Walsh
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The Vanishing Face of Gaia
- A Final Warning
- De: James Lovelock
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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In The Vanishing Face of Gaia, British scientist James Lovelock predicts global warming will lead to a Hot Epoch. Lovelock is best known for formulating the controversial Gaia theory in the 1970s, with Ruth Margulis of the University of Massachusetts, which states that organisms interact with and regulate Earth's surface and atmosphere. We ignore this interaction at our peril.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A New Perspective - A Must Listen - Very Moving
- De Thomas en 01-29-12
De: James Lovelock
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Beyond
- Our Future in Space
- De: Chris Impey
- Narrado por: Julie McKay
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space - and then reminds us that we're already there. Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond tells the epic story of humanity leaving home - and how humans will soon thrive in the vast universe beyond the Earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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OTHER WORLDS
- De chetyarbrough.blog en 01-10-16
De: Chris Impey
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The Case for Mars
- The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
- De: Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner, Arthur C. Clarke - Foreword
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 14 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 357
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 313
Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream - the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, presented here with engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Michael D. Busch en 04-16-18
De: Robert Zubrin, y otros
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Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
- How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong
- De: Robert Bryce
- Narrado por: Steven Menasche
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
In this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I thought I was getting a book on the future.
- De Grant en 08-02-14
De: Robert Bryce
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated
- The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
- De: Thom Hartmann, Neale Donald Walsch - associate editor
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 18 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
While everything appears to be collapsing around us - ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, water shortages, global famine, wars - we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary movie The 11th Hour, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture's blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Most Important Books of our Time
- De Jana en 04-24-20
De: Thom Hartmann, y otros
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The Vertical Farm
- Feeding the World in the 21st Century
- De: Dickson Despommier
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 72
When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. The vertical farm has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These farms, grown inside skyscrapers, would provide solutions to many of the serious problems we currently face.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Brainstorming - Not reality
- De Texas Community Project en 01-25-11
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Pandora's Seed
- The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
- De: Spencer Wells
- Narrado por: Spencer Wells
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Short and unfocused, but often quite interesting.
- De Alan en 06-23-10
De: Spencer Wells
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Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- De: Alex Epstein
- Narrado por: Alex Epstein
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 927
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 824
For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world’s poorest people. And contrary to what we hear from media “experts” about today’s “renewable revolution” and “climate emergency,” reality has proven Epstein right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strongly Recommend
- De Kevin en 06-14-22
De: Alex Epstein
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On the Future
- Prospects for Humanity
- De: Martin Rees
- Narrado por: Martin Rees, Samuel West
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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 best-selling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Science, the future, and great wisdom
- De Philomath en 10-29-18
De: Martin Rees
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The Upcycle
- Beyond Sustainability - Designing for Abundance
- De: William McDonough, Michael Braungart
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the most consequential ecological manifesto of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons gained from 10 years of putting the cradle-to-cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people, William McDonough and Michael Braungart envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: We don't just reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve them as we use them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A "must read" for the environmental movement.
- De Love owls en 07-09-13
De: William McDonough, y otros
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Biomimicry
- Innovation Inspired by Nature
- De: Janine M. Benyus
- Narrado por: Callie Beaulieu
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes listeners into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; and many more examples.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dated but good
- De stephen taylor en 09-05-21
De: Janine M. Benyus
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Overheated
- How Climate Change Will Cause Floods, Famine, War, and Disease
- De: Andrew T. Guzman
- Narrado por: Fleet Cooper
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science. They are wrong on the science, but may be right with respect to its political implications. A hotter world, writes Andrew Guzman, will bring unprecedented migrations, famine, war, and disease. It will be a social and political disaster of the first order.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read!
- De Ted en 03-22-15
De: Andrew T. Guzman
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Apocalypse Never
- Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
- De: Michael Shellenberger
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,013
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,582
Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected redwoods. He co-created the predecessor to today’s Green New Deal. And he led a successful effort by climate scientists and activists to keep nuclear plants operating, preventing a spike of emissions. But in 2019, as some claimed "billions of people are going to die", contributing to rising anxiety, including among adolescents, Shellenberger decided that he needed to speak out to separate science from fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Environmentalist with integrity!
- De Wayne en 07-01-20
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars
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- Alex V.
- 08-05-22
this is a must read
this book is for everyone. explains our current world challenges from a helicopter view and provides a road map to save the planet. this is a must read for everyone.
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