"One of the most stunning achievements of moral philosophy is something we take for granted: moral universalism, or the idea that every human has equal moral worth. In What We Owe the Future, Oxford philosopher William MacAskill demands that we go a step further, arguing that people not only have equal moral worth no matter where or how they live, but also no matter when they live. This idea has implications beyond the obvious (climate change) - including...

This work is an exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature. As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we have inured ourselves to the wild intelligence of our flesh, taking our primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a distance. This book subverts that distance,...

"Over decades of psychotherapeutic work, Deary has witnessed the theater of change: how ordinary people get stuck, struggle with new circumstances, and finally transform for the better. He is keenly aware that novelists, poets, philosophers, and theologians have grappled with these experiences for far longer than psychologists. Drawing on his own personal experience and a ... range of literary, philosophical, and cultural sources, Deary has produced...

Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army. In their quest to save the human race from extinction, they gain greater insight into the construction of The Matrix and Neo's pivotal role in the fate of mankind.

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago! There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...

Examines what would happen to the natural world if humans were gone, describing how nature would reclaim the planet and why taking care of the Earth now is so important.

Filmed in southern Africa in the "Cradle of Humankind" and the Kalahari Desert, the remote highlands of Mexico, and the mountains, deserts and cities of North America, this feature-length speculative film asks just two questions of the visionary elders of a dozen diverse cultures, including our own: "Where did we come from, we humans?" and "Where are we going, where is humanity headed?" "What does the future hold?"

The Quest of Rose is the first book of the Future Humans Trilogy written by Anneloes Smitsman, Ph.D., and Jean Houston, Ph.D., who are leading pioneers in the fields of human development, consciousness research, systems sciences, and social artistry. This renaissance allegory guides us through the quest of our time to discover the Cosmic Keys that lift our consciousness to become the "future humans" of a whole new era.

Benjamin Button was born in New Orleans just after World War I, and he was already in his eighties, then he proceeds to live life aging in reverse. In his unusual life he learns the meaning of timelessness.