Overview
- Published in cooperation with the renowned physics "think-tank" Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi
- Specially reworked versions of the most exciting essays of over 150 submissions
- Suggests several novel ideas and unusual priorities for keeping human society "on the rails" in a rapidly changing world
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
The fourteen award-winning essays in this volume discuss a range of novel ideas and controversial topics that could decisively influence the course of human life on Earth. Their authors address, in accessible language, issues as diverse as: enabling our social systems to learn; research in biological engineering and artificial intelligence; mending and enhancing minds; improving the way we do, and teach, science; living in the here and now; and the value of play.
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The essays are enhanced versions of the prize-winning entries submitted to the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) essay competition in 2014. FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Anthony Aguirre
Brendan Foster
Zeeya Merali
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: How Should Humanity Steer the Future?
Editors: Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20717-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20716-2Published: 30 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37340-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20717-9Published: 18 September 2015
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 175
Topics: Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education, Philosophy of Technology, Popular Science in Education