Social Forecasting, Future Studies

From the author of the international bestseller Future Files comes the one book you need to read to prepare for the world of tomorrow. On most mea...

Long-term thinking and planning is such an ingrained part of everyday life that we tend either not to see it or merely take it for granted. From pe...

Mid-20th century America envisioned a wondrous future of comfort, convenience and technological advancement. Popular culture--including World's ...

The time for action is now.The fate of the world’s coasts rests on a knife edge as global warming melts ice sheets and glaciers from the Alps to th...

World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future with...

'A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not, or may, be about to transform humanity forever' JON RONSON'B...

Break free from a wealth-obsessed worldWestern society is trapped by three assumptions: 1) the point of life is to maximize your self-interest and ...

**SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'An epoch-defining book' Matt Haig'If you read just one work of non-fiction this year, it should ...

Politics in the Twentieth Century was dominated by a single question: how much of our collective life should be determined by the state, and what s...

"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Sidd...

The first decade of the twenty-first century marked the demise of the current world order. Despite widespread acknowledgement of these disruptive c...

How do you predict something that has never happened before? There's a useful calculation being employed by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths ...

Society is fuelled by anger; dissatisfaction shapes Twitter feeds, online petitions and protest marches. But is that enough to bring about change? ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scie...

'A terrific book - essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence' Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief ...