In this sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species. Today we face unparalleled challenges in an energy-intensive and interconnected world that will demand an unprecedented level of mutual un...(展开全部)

In this sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species. Today we face unparalleled challenges in an energy-intensive and interconnected world that will demand an unprecedented level of mutual un...(展开全部)

"One of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day" ( Utne Reader ) delivers his boldest work in this erudite, tough-minded, and far-reaching manifesto. Never has the world seemed so completely united-in the form of communication, commerce, and culture-and so savagely torn apart-in the form of war, financial meltdown, global warming, and even the migration of diseases. ...(展开全部)

What happens when media technologies are able to interpret our feelings, emotions, moods, and intentions? In this cutting edge new book, Andrew McStay explores that very question and argues that these abilities result in a form of technological empathy. Offering a balanced and incisive overview of the issues raised by ‘Emotional AI’, this book: Provides a clear account of the s...(展开全部)

What happens when media technologies are able to interpret our feelings, emotions, moods, and intentions? In this cutting edge new book, Andrew McStay explores that very question and argues that these abilities result in a form of technological empathy. Offering a balanced and incisive overview of the issues raised by ‘Emotional AI’, this book: Provides a clear account of the s...(展开全部)

威尔•杜兰特（Will Durant，1885-1981），先后在美国圣彼得学院和哥伦比亚大学接受高等教育，后来进入哥伦比亚大学研究生物学，并在杜威的指导下攻读哲学，1971年获哥大博士学位。1926年，他出版了《哲学的故事》，获得出乎意料的成功，随后，他花了四十余年的 时间完成了广受好评的重要著作——11卷的《世界文明史》。 他于1968年获得普利策奖，1977年获得自由勋章奖。终其一生，杜兰特都致力于将哲学和知识从学术的象牙塔中解放出来。

威尔•杜兰特（Will Durant，1885-1981），先后在美国圣彼得学院和哥伦比亚大学接受高等教育，后来进入哥伦比亚大学研究生物学，并在杜威的指导下攻读哲学，1971年获哥大博士学位。1926年，他出版了《哲学的故事》，获得出乎意料的成功，随后，他花了四十余年的 时间完成了广受好评的重要著作——11卷的《世界文明史》。 他于1968年获得普利策奖，1977年获得自由勋章奖。终其一生，杜兰特都致力于将哲学和知识从学术的象牙塔中解放出来。

If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and in...(展开全部)

If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and in...(展开全部)

If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and in...(展开全部)