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The Myth Gap
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Author : Alex Evans
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-01-12
The Myth Gap written by Alex Evans and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with Political Science categories.
Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit? Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a reality TV star with no political experience? In both cases, the winning side promised change and offered hope. They told a story voters longed to hear. And in the absence of greater, more unifying narratives, then true or not, voters plumped for the best story available. Once upon a time our society was rich in stories. They brought us together and helped us to understand the world and ourselves. We called them myths. Today, we have a myth gap – a vacuum that Alex Evans argues powerfully and persuasively is both dangerous and an opportunity. In this time of global crisis and transition– mass migration, inequality, resource scarcity, and climate change - It is stories, rather than facts and pie-charts,that will animate us and bring us together. It is by finding new myths, those that speak to us of renewal and restoration, that we will navigate our way to a better future. Drawing on his first-hand experience as a political adviser within British government and at the United Nations, and examining the history of climate change campaigning and recent contests such as Brexit and the US presidential election, Alex Evans explores: *how tomorrow’s activists are using narratives for change, * how modern stories have been used and abused, * where we might find the right myths that will take us forward
The Science Gap
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Author : Milton A. Rothman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Science Gap written by Milton A. Rothman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mythology categories.
Examines sixteen standard myths about the nature of science, demonstrating that much of what passes for logical argumentation consists of the repetition of cliches and current folklore.
The Myth Of The Generation Gap
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Author : Stanley Coopersmith
language : en
Publisher: San Francisco : Albion Publishing Company
Release Date : 1975
The Myth Of The Generation Gap written by Stanley Coopersmith and has been published by San Francisco : Albion Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with College students categories.
The Optimism Gap
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Author : David Whitman
language : en
Publisher: Walker & Company
Release Date : 1998
The Optimism Gap written by David Whitman and has been published by Walker & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
A writer for U.S. News & World Report identifies the public opinion paradox of the "optimism gap" where Americans express good feelings about their own lives but view the country as a whole pessimistically.
The Digital Divide
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Author : Benjamin M. Compaine
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2001
The Digital Divide written by Benjamin M. Compaine and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Computers categories.
The 'digital divide' refers to the gap between those who have access to the latest information technologies and those who do not. This book presents data supporting the existence of such a divide in the 1990s along racial, economic, and education lines.
The Myth Of Artificial Intelligence
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Author : Erik J. Larson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-06
The Myth Of Artificial Intelligence written by Erik J. Larson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Computers categories.
“Artificial intelligence has always inspired outlandish visions—that AI is going to destroy us, save us, or at the very least radically transform us. Erik Larson exposes the vast gap between the actual science underlying AI and the dramatic claims being made for it. This is a timely, important, and even essential book.” —John Horgan, author of The End of Science Many futurists insist that AI will soon achieve human levels of intelligence. From there, it will quickly eclipse the most gifted human mind. The Myth of Artificial Intelligence argues that such claims are just that: myths. We are not on the path to developing truly intelligent machines. We don’t even know where that path might be. Erik Larson charts a journey through the landscape of AI, from Alan Turing’s early work to today’s dominant models of machine learning. Since the beginning, AI researchers and enthusiasts have equated the reasoning approaches of AI with those of human intelligence. But this is a profound mistake. Even cutting-edge AI looks nothing like human intelligence. Modern AI is based on inductive reasoning: computers make statistical correlations to determine which answer is likely to be right, allowing software to, say, detect a particular face in an image. But human reasoning is entirely different. Humans do not correlate data sets; we make conjectures sensitive to context—the best guess, given our observations and what we already know about the world. We haven’t a clue how to program this kind of reasoning, known as abduction. Yet it is the heart of common sense. Larson argues that all this AI hype is bad science and bad for science. A culture of invention thrives on exploring unknowns, not overselling existing methods. Inductive AI will continue to improve at narrow tasks, but if we are to make real progress, we must abandon futuristic talk and learn to better appreciate the only true intelligence we know—our own.
Blockchain Gaps
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Author : Shin'ichiro Matsuo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-04-26
Blockchain Gaps written by Shin'ichiro Matsuo and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-26 with Business & Economics categories.
This book analyzes the fundamental issues faced when blockchain technology is applied to real-life applications. These concerns, not only in the realm of computer science, are caused by the nature of technological design. Blockchain is considered the foundation of a wide range of flexible ecosystems; its technology is an excellent mixture of mathematics, cryptography, incentive mechanisms, economics, and pertinent regulations. The book provides an essential understanding of why such fundamental issues arise, by revising the underlying theories. Blockchain theory is thus presented in an easy-to-understand, useful manner. Also explained is the reason why blockchain is hard to adopt for real-life problems but is valuable as a foundation for flexible ecosystems. Included are directions for solving those problems and finding suitable areas for blockchain applications in the future. The authors of this work are experts from a wide range of backgrounds such as cryptography, distributed computing, computer science, trust, identity, regulation, and standardization. Their contributions collected here will appeal to all who are interested in blockchain and the elements surrounding it.
The Myth Of Meritocracy
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Author : James Bloodworth
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-19
The Myth Of Meritocracy written by James Bloodworth and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with Political Science categories.
The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top professions by those from affluent backgrounds. Hitherto, Labour and Conservative politicians alike have sought to deal with the problem by promoting the idea of 'equality of opportunity'. In politics, social mobility is the only game in town, and old socialist arguments emphasising economic equality are about as fashionable today as mullets and shell suits. Yet genuine equality of opportunity is impossible alongside levels of inequality last seen during the 1930s. In a grossly unequal society, the privileges of the parents unfailingly become the privileges of the children. A vague commitment from our politicians to build a 'meritocracy' is not enough. Nor is it desirable: a perfectly stratified meritocracy, in which everyone knew their station based on 'merit', would be a deeply unpleasant place to live. Any genuine attempt to improve social mobility must start by reducing the gap between rich and poor. PROVOCATIONS is a groundbreaking new series of short polemics composed by some of the most intriguing voices in contemporary culture and edited by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. Sharp, intelligent and controversial, Provocations provides insightful contributions to the most vital discussions in society today.
The Myth Of The Ethical Consumer Hardback With Dvd
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Author : Timothy M. Devinney
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-07-29
The Myth Of The Ethical Consumer Hardback With Dvd written by Timothy M. Devinney and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-29 with Business & Economics categories.
A no-holds-barred examination of 'ethical' consumerism.
The Myth Of America S Decline Politics Economics And A Half Century Of False Prophecies
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Author : Josef Joffe
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2014
The Myth Of America S Decline Politics Economics And A Half Century Of False Prophecies written by Josef Joffe and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Business & Economics categories.
"While it may be catnip for the media to play up America as a has-been, Josef Joffe, a ... German commentator and Stanford University academic, [proposes] that Declinism is not a cold-eyed diagnosis but a device in the style of the ancient prophets ... Gloom is a prophecy that must be believed so that it will turn out wrong. Joffe [posits that] 'economic miracles' that propelled the rising tide of challengers flounder against their own limits. Hardly confined to Europe alone, Declinism has also been an especially nifty career builder for American politicians, among them Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan, who all rode into the White House by hawking 'the end is near'"--Dust jacket flap.