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The Forward Collection – What Happens when future of tech comes true

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What happens when the future of the tech arrives? Across Singularity, Super-intelligence and Sentience, Inter-Galactic travel, Genetic Engineering to Quantum Computing? That is the thought experiment this Sci-Fi series – Forward Collection sets out to explore “Take a leap. For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant …

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Review – The Booker prize winner, The Promise

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The Promise is a 2021 Booker prize winner A story of a dysfunctional White South African family And its disintegration over time Of a promise made to their Black maid that takes 30 years to acknowledge That weaves together the narrative of the changing political system underlying it “Galgut depicts a family that has no …

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Earn with your mind, not time and other stories on Managing Time

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All time isn’t created equal. Dad was always the ambitious one at his career – he was probably the most sought out person at his workplace. He was a proud man – proud that he was close to indispensable. He held to his beliefs and integrity, spending close to 3 decades at the place, growing …

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Factfulness – Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Have you watched the movie 2012? I recall turning to my husband and asking him, “So are we saying that in a country with a billion plus population – not one could afford to get onto the ark? And more importantly, all we are doing is praying to the gods waiting for the waves to …

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The one that introduces us to the Metaverse

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The book that introduced us to the original Metaverse “This Snow Crash thing–is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?” Juanita shrugs. “What’s the difference?” It is astounding that Neal Stephenson could envision a world that seamlessly merges the physical and the virtual – way back in 1992 ‘Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza in real …

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What if AI becomes sentient? A beautiful tale about a dystopian future

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What happens when AI becomes sentient? Is AI really the evil force driving towards a dystopian future? “From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend watches the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. Klara remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose …

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