Government and individual policymakers throughout the developed and developing world face the common problem of bringing expert knowledge to bear in government decision making. Policymakers need understandable, reliable, accessible, and useful information about the societies they govern. They also need to know how current policies are working, as well as possible alternatives and their likely costs and consequences. This expanding need has fostered the growth of independent public policy r...

A suspenseful sci-fi thriller exposing the fate of humanity, perfect for fans of PROJECT HAIL MARY, THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION and WOOL.'As modern as tomorrow and even more frightening... Stunning' Terry Hayes, bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim'An imaginative, impressive debut... Particularly compelling is Weaver’s riveting vision of technology in the near future and its ramifications once humans can no longer discer...

Thomas R. Weaver kommt aus der KI-Forschung – so fundiert wie er schreibt keiner über künstliche Intelligenz!Wir schreiben das Jahr 2050. Zehn Jahre ist es her, seit eine Hitzewelle vierhundert Millionen Menschen im Persischen Golf getötet hat – darunter auch die Frau des Journalisten Marcus Tully. Als ihm Informationen zugespielt werden, die darauf hinweisen, dass es keine Naturkatastrophe, sondern eine von Menschen gemachte war, nimmt er die Ermittlungen auf. Sei...

Semantics for Reasons is a book about what we mean when we talk about reasons. It not only brings together the theory of reasons and natural language semantics in original ways but also sketches out a litany of implications for metaethics and the philosophy of normativity. In their account of how the language of reasons works, Bryan R. Weaver and Kevin Scharp propose and defend a view called Question Under Discussion (QUD) Reasons Contextualism. They use this view to argue for a s...

Nous sommes en 2050. Notre intelligence nous a conduit au bord du gouffre. Alors qu'une catastrophe climatique sans précédent ravage la planète, l'humanité n'a plus qu'une solution radicale pour éviter l'effondrement : confier son destin à un dirigeant global, chargé de la guider à travers l'apocalypse annoncée. Deux candidats s'affrontent pour ce pouvoir absolu. Lockwood, ancien président des États-Unis. Solomon, première intelligence artificielle politique de l'Histoire. Quand la créatri...

Karen R. Weaver started her formal caregiver journey when her husband suffered a massive stroke at the age of 39 in 1995. She didn't know at the time that she would also later provide caregiver support for her mother and father. Over the past 24 years, she has been a caregiver, raised a family with her husband, managed and retired from a successful career, completed two additional graduate degrees and served as a part-time Local Pastor. In addition to sharing her caregiver journey in this ...

A Trespassing GrasshopperBy: A.R. WeaverA Trespassing Grasshopper is a historical fiction adventure in which two impossible characters fall in love during a time when the “melting pot” of America was just beginning. The riots and political agendas of America’s past are woven through the storyline, giving readers insight into the cultural influences upon the America we know today.Though racial profiling still echoes throughout our nation, A Trespassing Grasshopper ill...

Brought to you by Penguin.The most surprising thriller of the yearWho would you trust with the future?The year is 2050. In the teeth of a climate catastrophe, the world is left with a drastic solution: one global leader to steer it through the coming apocalypse.The final two candidates are ex-US President Lockwood, and Solomon, the world’s first political artificial intelligence.As whispers of a globa...

In Blazing the Neoliberal Trail, Timothy Weaver asks how and why urban policy and politics have become dominated, over the past three decades, by promarket thinking. He argues that politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher targeted urban areas as part of their far broader effort to remake the relationship between markets, states, and citizens. But while neoliberal policies were enacted in both the United States and the United Kingdom, Weaver shows that there was sign...

Gastrointestinal nematodes infect ruminant livestock throughout the world and are an important cause of disease and production loss. Since their invention, producers have heavily relied on broad spectrum anthelmintics to help control these parasites, however, intensive use has resulted in widespread resistance issues in nematode populations, especially Haemonchus contortus. Addressing the concerns of anthelmintic resistance, this book brings together research on management practices for co...

In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it.2050: Investigative journalist Marcus Tully is grieving his wife and unborn child, ten years after they perished in a deadly heat wave that gripped the Persian Gulf.Now the whole planet is both burning and drowning, and the nations of the world decide to elect a global leader to steer humanity thr...

Our experiences of the city are dependent on our gender, race, class, age, ability, and sexual orientation. It was already clear before the pandemic that cities around the world were divided and becoming increasingly unequal. The pandemic has torn back the curtain on many of these pre-existing inequalities.Contributions to this volume engage directly with different urban communities around the world. They give voice to those who experience poverty, discrimination and marginalisatio...