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Behavioral Economics and Nuclear Weapons
Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about …

The Mark of the Sacred
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying," has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion …

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How to Think About Catastrophe
During the last century humanity acquired the ability to destroy itself. The direct approach to destruction can be seen in such facts as the ever-present threat of nuclear war, but …

Mark of the Sacred
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "e;enlightened doomsaying,"e; has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for …

On the Origins of Cognitive Science
An examination of the fundamental role cybernetics played in the birth of cognitive science and the light this sheds on current controversies.The conceptual history of cognitive …

Economy and the Future
A monster stalks the earth-a sluggish, craven, dumb beast that takes fright at the slightest noise and starts at the sight of its own shadow. This monster is the market. The shadow …

A Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis
In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were …

Mechanization of the Mind
In March 1946, some of the greatest minds of the twentieth century--among them John von Neumann, Norbert Wiener, Warren McCulloch, and Walter Pitts--gathered at the Beekman Hotel …

Short Treatise on the Metaphysics of Tsunamis
In 1755 the city of Lisbon was destroyed by a terrible earthquake. Almost 250 years later, an earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a tsunami whose devastating effects were …

Economy and the Future
A monster stalks the earth — a sluggish, craven, dumb beast that takes fright at the slightest noise and starts at the sight of its own shadow. This monster is the market. The …