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THE FUTURE
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If you're interested in history, chances are you're curious about where the world is currently headed. In this section fiction writers, economists, scientists, historians, and others take their shot at projecting what the future may hold. The Hollywood Theater of the Ear produces the 2000x series which converts the science fiction stories of well known writers into audio plays like H.G. Wells' "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and Ray Bradbury's "Pillar of Fire". You'll also find intriguing titles like "Cheating Death: The Promise and the Future Impact of Trying to Live Forever", "A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization", and "Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge".

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State of Fear
State of Fear
by Michael Crichton
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)

Integral Naked is an online behind-the-scenes exploration of cutting-edge thought. From philosophers to musicians to spiritual adepts, get naked with some of the most provocative thinkers on the planet today.

 
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The World Is Flat, Release 3.0
The World Is Flat, Release 3.0
by Thomas L. Friedman
Unabridged Edition
Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD

When scholars write the history of the world 20 years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004", what will they say was the most crucial development?

 
3.
At the Dangerous Edge of the Knowledge
At the Dangerous Edge of the Knowledge
by Michael Crichton
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)

Michael Crichton, the father of the “techno-thriller,” has sold over 100 million books worldwide in thirty different languages. While this would be an astonishing feat for any writer, what makes Crichton’s accomplishment unique is his commitment to the integrity of the human knowledge quest.

 
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Immortality
Immortality
by Ben Bova
Available on: Audio Download ($12.60) | Audio Cassette

Is death inevitable? Not at all, says respected author and futurist Dr. Ben Bova, who predicted...

 
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Next
Next
by Michael Lewis
Available on: Audio Download ($16.67) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette

In Liar's Poker, the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined...

 
6.
The Next 100 Years of Science
The Next 100 Years of Science
by Kevin Kelly
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video

Starting from this long-term view of science's past transformation, Kevin Kelly speculates on how the practice of science will change in the future.

 
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Unlocking the Secrets of 2012
Unlocking the Secrets of 2012
by John Major Jenkins
Available on: Audio Download ($17.47) | Audio CD

Did the ancient Mayans predict that the "end of time" would occur in 2012 . . . or is that a modern misunderstanding of their intended message?

 
8.
Megatrends 2010
Megatrends 2010
by Patricia Aburdene
Available on: Audio Download ($13.97) | Audio CD

A change in business is coming—one that is proving to be as profound as advances in information technology and global politics.

 
9.
The World Is Flat, Release 3.0
The World Is Flat, Release 3.0
by Thomas L. Friedman
Abridged Edition
Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD

When scholars write the history of the world 20 years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004", what will they say was the most crucial development?

 
10.
The Future of Life
The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson
Available on: Audio Download ($24.47) | Audio CD

From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet...

 
11.
Aubrey de Grey Says We Can Avoid Aging
Aubrey de Grey Says We Can Avoid Aging
by Aubrey de Grey
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Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.

 
12.
The Future of Success
The Future of Success
by Robert B. Reich
Available on: Audio Download ($19.95)

The dizzying exuberance of the Internet-driven marketplace offers unprecedented opportunities and an ever-expanding choice of deals, products, investments, and jobs...

 
13.
Introducing Postmodernism
Introducing Postmodernism
by Richard Appignanesi
Available on: Audio Download ($14.38) | Audio CD

What on earth is postmodernism? Here, at last, is the perfect audio guide to the maddeningly enigmatic concept that has been used to describe our cultural condition of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.

 
14.
A Public Debate On The Limits of Intelligent Machines
A Public Debate On The Limits of Intelligent Machines
by Ray Kurzweil
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video

A Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Alan Turing's Seminal Paper 'On Computable Numbers' featuring a debate on the limits of intelligent machines and a lecture on Turing's contributions.

 
15.
From Here to Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature
From Here to Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature
by Michael Drout
Available on: Audio Download ($34.95)

Science fiction literature and films have contributed indelible images to the popular imagination, from H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds to Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles to the fiction of "cyberpunks."

 
16.
2000x: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
2000x: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
by Kurt Vonnegut
Available on: Audio Download

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow portrays a massively overpopulated America, where six generations of the Schwartz family live together in a one-bedroom apartment...

 
17.
The Enlightened Universe
The Enlightened Universe
by Ray Kurzweil
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)

How do you think about the future? As something long off, far away, “out there”? Think again, as eminent author, inventor and futurist Dr. Ray Kurzweil speaks with ease and eloquence about the challenging task of keeping pace with the exponential rate of technological change occurring on the planet.

 
18.
The West's Last Chance
The West's Last Chance
by Tony Blankley
Available on: Audio Download ($13.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD

The West, says author Tony Blankley in this shocking book, is down to its last chance.

 
19.
The Future of Freedom
The Future of Freedom
by Fareed Zakaria
Available on: Audio Download ($19.95) | Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD

American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world....

 
20.
Reality 2.0
Reality 2.0
by Daniel Pinchbeck
Available on: Audio Download ($20.97) | Audio CD

What is it that attracts shamans, mystics, and other visionaries to the experience of altered states?

 
21.
The Mystery of 2012
The Mystery of 2012
by John Major Jenkins
Available on: Audio Download ($20.97) | Audio CD ($23.96)

Long before 2012 entered the public eye, a handful of pioneers dedicated themselves to studying the scientific, spiritual, and prophetic evidence that marks this year as a critical time in our planet's history.

 
22.
What Future May Come?
What Future May Come?
by Don Beck
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)

What happens when the editor-in-chief of WIE mediates a conference call cum roundtable discussion between three guys—all of whom happen to be brilliant, preeminent voices in their respective fields of cosmology, cultural evolution, and organizational development—and the topic is the successful continuing evolution of the human race?

 
23.
The Road Ahead
The Road Ahead
by Bill Gates
Available on: Audio Cassette

In this fully revised and updated edition of his bestseller, "The Road Ahead", Bill Gates explains why the Internet is revolutionizing not just Microsoft but everything else, too--and at a faster pace than even he had anticipated.

 
24.
Space Exploration: The Next 100 Years
Space Exploration: The Next 100 Years
by Dava Newman
Available on: Online Video

High hopes meet high frustration in this panel, whose participants collectively yearn for a new vision to guide our space program.

 
25.
The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History
by Will Durant
Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($22.36) | Audio Cassette

What, if anything, can be learned by studying history? This is the question Will and Ariel Durant...


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