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The 21st Century Singularity and Global Futures: A Big History Perspective (World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures) by Andrey V. Korotayev (editor), David J. LePoire (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This book introduces a 'Big History' perspective to understand the acceleration of social, technological and economic trends towards a near-term singularity, marking a radical turning point in the evolution of our planet. It traces the emergence of accelerating innovation rates through global history and highlights major historical transformations throughout the evolution of life, humans, and civilization. The authors pursue an interdisciplinary approach, also drawing on concepts from physics and evolutionary biology, to offer potential models of the underlying mechanisms driving this acceleration, along with potential clues on how it might progress. The contributions gathered here are divided into five parts, the first of which studies historical mega-trends in relation to a variety of aspects including technology, population, energy, and information. The second part is dedicated to a variety of models that can help understand the potential mechanisms, and support extrapolation. In turn, the third part explores various potential future scenarios, along with the paths and decisions that are required. The fourth part presents philosophical perspectives on the potential deeper meani
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrey V. Korotayev (editor), David J. LePoire (editor)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030337308
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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