English | ASIN: B00KMZY5NG | 2014 | 9 hours and 16 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 255 MB
In as little as a decade, AI could match and then surpass human intelligence. Corporations and government agencies are pouring billions into achieving AI's Holy Grail - human-level intelligence. Once AI has attained it, scientists argue, it will have survival drives much like our own. We may be forced to compete with a rival more cunning, more powerful, and more alien than we can imagine. Through profiles of tech visionaries, industry watchdogs, and groundbreaking AI systems, Our Final Invention explores the perils of the heedless pursuit of advanced AI. Until now, human intelligence has had no rival. Can we coexist with beings whose intelligence dwarfs our own? And will they allow us to?

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English | ASIN: B09TPX35JP | 2022 | 00 hours and 56 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 104 MB
The Ottoman Empire was so big, and lasted for so long, yet, it is one of those empires that many common people have forgotten about. The people who lived in what is now Turkey, and in surrounding areas, were mostly devout Muslims who were defending their beliefs, and trying to expand the realm to conquer more territory. Shockingly, the empire was slowly falling apart by the time the 20th century came around the corner. In the 20th century, World War I destroyed much of what was left of the empire, and the Turkish state and culture was being established shortly after that. In this comprehensive guide to understanding more about historical events, you will learn more about the sultans, and citizens of the Ottoman Empire - their drive, their background, and their accomplishments throughout the centuries.

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English | ASIN: B097CL2BVX | 2022 | 11 hours and 6 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 610 MB
The past is past, but it does leave clues, and Thomas Halliday has used cutting-edge science to decipher them more completely than ever before. In Otherlands, Halliday makes 16 fossil sites burst to life in this audiobook. This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt - or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life. Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history.

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English | ASIN: B09TMMLLCW | 2022 | 10 hours and 15 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 282 MB
From Göbekli Tepe in Turkey to the Egyptian pyramids, from the stone circles of Europe to the mound complexes of the Americas, Andrew Collins and Gregory L. Little show how, again and again, our ancestors built permanent sites of ceremonial activity where geomagnetic and gravitational anomalies have been recorded. They investigate how the earliest forms of animism and shamanism began at sites like the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia and Qesem Cave in Israel more than 400,000 years ago. They explain how shamanic rituals and altered states of consciousness combine with the natural forces of the Earth to create portals for contact with otherworldly realms—in other words, the gods of our ancestors were the result of an interaction between human consciousness and transdimensional intelligence.

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English | ASIN: B09ZKCXTCN | 2022 | 10 hours and 2 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 276 MB
A month-by-month analysis of President Trump, his administration, and the "MAGA" movement's impact on America. Original, Unconventional & Inconvenient is an analysis of the Donald J. Trump administration and its impact on America's culture, both party establishments, and a strong but bitterly divided nation. The Trump years were so full of controversy that many observers failed to digest the meaning and impact of the "Make America Great Again" movement. Original, Unconventional & Inconvenient delves into the historic wake-up call that was the Trump administration—and how its leader popularized a uniquely American brand of 21st-century populism.

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English | October 01, 2018 | ASIN: B07HB7HS93 | MP3 | M4B | 11h 29m | 312 MB
Author: Raisa Arvinen-Muondo - editor, Stephen Perkins - editor

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English | ASIN: B09YVS1B8N | 2022 | 12 hours and 34 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 346 MB
In Optimizing Your Health, Emily Gold Mears shares years of research and knowledge to help others understand how they can become their own health advocate, modify their lifestyle to reduce their risk of chronic disease, and take a proactive role in their own healthcare. Gold Mears features real-life stories, clinical studies, the latest discoveries, and infographics to demonstrate what is hurting us and what can help us in our pursuit of a long, healthy life. This book curates a vast amount of health and wellness information and focuses on the most salient aspects. Gold Mears's book is essential for those who are committed to reducing their risk of chronic disease, aging well, and feeling their best.

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English | ASIN: B0B2KQ5F24 | 2022 | 13 hours and 37 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 374 MB
Upending all we know about the war on drugs, a history of the anti-narcotics movement's origins, evolution, and questionable effectiveness. Opium's Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the "war on drugs." A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the globe. But has the war on drugs succeeded? As opioid deaths and cartel violence run rampant, contestation becomes more vocal, and marijuana is slated for legalization, Opium's Orphans proposes that it is time to go back to the drawing board.

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English | ASIN: B09YMRX5HM | 2022 | 5 hours and 30 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 302 MB
A Secret Service agent and a hacker-turned-informant join forces to take down a global cybercriminal ring, back when there were barely laws in place to prohibit what the cyber criminals were up to. It's the early 2000s. The Internet is still a novelty. Twitter, Facebook, and Apple's iPhones have yet to be invented. Terms like "cyberterrorism" and "ransomware" are not yet part of the mainstream lexicon. But the information superhighway already presents an attractive route for criminals—one with infinite lanes. While his colleagues were still focused on crimes committed IRL (in real life), Steve Ward, a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service, talks his superiors into letting him embark on an unprecedented covert operation designed to discover and stop shadowy operations made possible by the Internet.

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English | 2020 | MP3 | M4B | ASIN: B089LYS7PL | Duration: 13:51 h | 761 MB
Sarab Jit Singh / Narrated by Siddhanta Pinto

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