Peter Cochranes Schriften befassen sich mit den tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen von Konflikten und den grundlegenden Narrativen der Gesellschaft. Er untersucht meisterhaft historische Ereignisse und konzentriert sich dabei auf die psychologischen Dimensionen des Krieges und darauf, wie diese Erfahrungen das kollektive Gedächtnis und die Konstruktion von Legenden prägen. Cochrans unverwechselbarer Stil verbindet rigorose historische Forschung mit fesselndem Geschichtenerzählen und beleuchtet komplexe vergangene Begebenheiten und ihre andauernden menschlichen Folgen.
Featuring 108 Tips for Time Traveller, this title explains how very simple analysis allows the prediction of debacles such as the 3G auction and the subsequent collapse of an industry, whilst simple - minded thinking is dangerous in the context of a world that is predominantly chaotic and out of control.
Visionary Insights into New Technology, Life and the Future by One of the World's Leading Technology Prophets
Peter Cochrane, the head of the cutting edge research labs at British Telecommunications, is a leading visionary of the digital age. He takes us on a rollicking tour of the technological advances just ahead. This series of monologues - at once provocative, brilliant and funny - give a tantalizing glimpse of a future where the distinction between humans and computers, between carbon and silicon, is rapidly converging. Our microchip enhanced brains will have to find new ways to interface with computers that can replicate human thought processes. Our mechanically augmented bodies will compete for work with sophisticated robots. In Tips for Time Travelers, Cochrane takes us on a wide-ranging expedition that explores what technology has done for (and to) us, why it sometimes falters, and where it will inevitably take us. In the near future we should expect holographic video-conferencing that makes business travel obsolete; a "virus" that acts as a universal translator between computer systems; and other practical applications that will make innumerable small but important changes in the way we live and do business.