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UNINA9910774890803321 |
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Atkinson Robert |
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Don't fear AI / / Robert Atkinson |
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Luxembourg : , : European Investment Bank, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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1 online resource (30 pages) : illustrations |
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Over the last decade, Europe and most advanced economies experienced a decline in productivity, leading to political unrest and rising uncertainty about the future. A new production revolution, enabled in part by artificial intelligence (AI), is now emerging, bringing a new wave of technologies, but there are widespread fears that these changes also will bring a big rise in unemployment as machines replace human beings in big numbers. History tells us that we should not be afraid of industrial change. AI will take over some tasks, but this will not happen all of a sudden and there will be plenty of work left for humans. Restricting or slowing down new technology will not help the world economy. Instead, nations need to help people adjust to more technically advanced jobs, while education should focus more on "21st century skills" such as teamwork and critical thinking. These are our next real challenges. This is the second essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank. |
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UNINA9910781730203321 |
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Mackey-Kallis Susan |
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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film [[electronic resource] /] / Susan Mackey-Kallis |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001 |
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1-283-21061-4 |
9786613210616 |
0-8122-0013-6 |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Home in motion pictures |
Heroes in motion pictures |
Myth in motion pictures |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Mythological criticism -- pt. 2. Mythological criticism in sociohistorical context -- pt. 3. Synthesis. |
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In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In what ways does this universal myth manifest itself in American cinema? And what is the significance of the popularity of these modern myths? The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film by Susan Mackey-Kallis is an exploration of the appeal of films that recreate and reinterpret this mythic structure. She closely analyzes such films as E.T., the Star Wars trilogy, It's a Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, Field of Dreams, The Piano, Thelma and Louise, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Elements of the quest mythology made popular by Joseph Campbell, Homer's Odyssey, the perennial philosophy of Aldous Huxley, and Jungian psychology all contribute to the compelling interpretive framework in which Mackey-Kallis crafts her study. She argues that the purpose of the hero quest is not limited to the discovery of some boon or Holy Grail, but also |
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involves finding oneself and finding a home in the universe. The home that is sought is simultaneously the literal home from which the hero sets out and the terminus of the personal growth he or she undergoes during the journey back. Thus the quest, Mackey-Kallis asserts, is an outward journey into the world of action and events which eventually requires a journey inward if the hero is to grow, and ultimately necessitates a journey homeward if the hero is to understand the grail and share it with the culture at large. Finally, she examines the value of mythic criticism and addresses questions about myth currently being debated in the field of communication studies. |
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UNINA9910781992003321 |
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Sources, sinks and sustainability / / edited by Jianguo Liu [and others] [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-107-21534-X |
1-139-12458-7 |
1-283-29605-5 |
1-139-12298-3 |
9786613296054 |
1-139-11724-6 |
1-139-12790-X |
1-139-11288-0 |
0-511-84239-2 |
1-139-11507-3 |
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1 online resource (xvii, 525 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Cambridge studies in landscape ecology |
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Animal populations - Research |
Habitat selection |
Animals - Dispersal |
Ecological heterogeneity |
Ecosystem management |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Impact of a classic paper by H. Ronald Pulliam : the first 20 years -- pt. II. Advances in source-sink theory -- 2. Evolution in source-sink environments : implications for niche conservatism -- 3. Source-sink dynamics emerging from unstable ideal-free habitat selection -- 4. Sources and sinks in the evolution and persistence of mutualisms -- 5. Effects of climate change on dynamics and stability of multiregional populations -- 6. Habitat quality, niche breadth, temporal stochasticity, and the persistence of populations in heterogeneous landscapes -- 7. When sinks rescue sources in dynamic environments -- 8. Sinks, sustainability, and conservation incentives -- pt. III. Progress in source-sink methodology -- 9. On estimating demographic and dispersal parameters for niche and source-sink models -- 10. Source-sink status of small and large wetland fragments and growth rate of a population network -- 11. Demographic and dispersal data from anthropogenic grasslands : what should we measure? -- 12. Network analysis : a tool for studying the connectivity of source-sink systems -- 13. Sources, sinks, and model accuracy -- 14. Scale-dependence of habitat sources and sinks -- 15. Effects of experimental population removal for the spatial population ecology of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus -- pt. IV. Improvement of source-sink management -- 16. Contribution of source-sink theory to protected area science -- 17. Evidence of source-sink dynamics in marine and estuarine species -- 18. Population networks with sources and sinks along productivity gradients in the Fiordland Marine Area, New Zealand : a case study on the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus -- 19. Source-sinks, metapopulations, and forest reserves : conserving northern flying squirrels in the temperate rainforests of Southeast Alaska -- 20. Does forest fragmentation and loss generate sources, sinks, and ecological traps in migratory songbirds? -- 21. Source-sink population dynamics and sustainable leaf harvesting of the understory palm Chamaedorea radicalis -- 22. Assessing positive and negative ecological effects of corridors -- pt. V. Synthesis -- 23. Sources and sinks : what is the reality? |
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Source-sink theories provide a simple yet powerful framework for understanding how the patterns, processes and dynamics of ecological systems vary and interact over space and time. Integrating multiple research fields, including population biology and landscape ecology, this book presents the latest advances in source-sink theories, methods and applications in the conservation and management of natural resources and biodiversity. The interdisciplinary team of authors uses detailed case studies, innovative field experiments and modeling, and comprehensive syntheses to incorporate source-sink ideas into research and management, and explores how sustainability can be achieved in today's increasingly fragile human-dominated ecosystems. Providing a comprehensive picture of source-sink research as well as tangible applications to real world conservation issues, this book is ideal for graduate students, researchers, natural-resource managers and policy makers. |
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