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Contents of the book
Doing away with complexity, each topic in the book Explore The Big Picture is explored in a way that it relates to the others.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 – TECHNOLOGY
1.1 RIDING THE WAVE OF RAW COMPUTER POWER
1.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1.3 BIOTECHNOLOGY
1.4 METAMATERIALS, PRINTING TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS
1.5 REALITY, ROBOTS, AND CYBORGS
1.6 FINAL THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 2 – HUMANITY COLLIDING WITH EARTH’S BOUNDARIES
2.1 SHIFTING TOWARDS THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH
2.2 EARTH’S NINE KEY PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
2.3 FINAL THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 3 – OUR SOCIAL FOUNDATION
3.1 WATER, FOOD, AND DISPLACEMENT
3.2 ENERGY AND MOBILITY
3.3 HEALTH
3.4 EDUCATION
3.5 INCOME AND WORK
3.6 THE HUMAN FACTOR
3.7 FINAL THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 4 – ECONOMY, POLITICS AND POWER
4.1 CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY
4.2 POWER
4.3 CONTROL
4.4 RESILIENCE
4.5 FINAL THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 5 – BEYOND EARTH
5.1 OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
5.2 CHALLENGES TO GO FORWARD TO THE MOON, MARS AND BEYOND
5.3 OPENING UP THE SPACE ECONOMY
5.4 HUMANITIES BIG LEAP
5.5 A DEEP DIVE INTO THE UNKNOWN
5.6 FINAL THOUGHTS
FINAL THOUGHTS EXPLORE THE BIG PICTURE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY