Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us"--

"The machines are here. After decades of sci-fi doomsaying and marketing hype, advanced A.I. and automation technologies have leapt out of research labs and Silicon Valley engineering departments and into the center of our lives. Robots once primarily threatened blue-collar manufacturing jobs, but today's machines are being trained to do the work of lawyers, doctors, investment bankers, and other white-collar jobs previously considered safe from automation's...

An introduction to the history of the Internet and World Wide Web, how they work, and how they have changed the way people do research, buy merchandise, teach, publish, and communicate.

Grant Jeffrey will reveal how secret spy satellites now listen in on every phone call you make, how powerful supercomputers are building secret files that contain everything on everyone, from age to the last groceries bought, and more.

Outlines a transformational vision of a connected world, drawing on expertise to address questions regarding power balances, the relationship between privacy and security, and the role of technology in combating or enabling terrorism.