{"product_id":"2084-discovering-amblytopia-paul-davies-9781739525385","title":"2084 Discovering Amblytopia: Big Brother After 100 Years?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is another blockbuster from Paul Davies, creating a world in the future that exposes the trends of today, such as the extreme concentration of wealth, that will lead to amblytopia - an apparently comfortable yet aimless world, where purpose has all but been eliminated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Davies introduces this world as the introduction to the book: \"Post neo-liberalism, post sado-populism, the unimaginably wealthy and powerful have create a global neo-age where need has been all but eliminated - so where is the human spirit now?\"\u003cp\u003eThe dystopian vision of Orwell's 1984 is recreated in 2084.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNation states have been subsumed into a global world controlled by seven trillionaires. That world is grey and meaningless and there is no spur for human development or aspiration - a neo-age of amblytopia. Paradoxically imagination has become highly prized and yet trivialised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do individuals survive and live with themselves? What has become of the human spirit? Read this insight into the future and beware.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739525388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739525385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bite-Sized Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Paul Davies","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082908672255,"sku":"9781739525385","price":19.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/2084-discovering-amblytopia-paul-davies-9781739525385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}