The Future Audio & Video

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

Future Shock is a 1972 American short documentary film directed by Alex Grasshoff and narrated by Orson Welles. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition. It is based on the book of the same name.

Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.

From her unique insider's perspective—as someone familiar with this world and the next—America's leading psychic tells us what to expect and how to prepare.

As technology rapidly progresses, some proponents of artificial intelligence believe that it will help solve complex social challenges and offer immortality via virtual humans.

What will planet Earth be like in 20 years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future....

Drawing on a profound understanding of geopolitical patterns, George Friedman offers a compelling, eye-opening portrait of the future and the new historical cycle we are now entering.

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.

Journey into the past, and you'll discover the secret history of the future.

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?