The Treachery of Realities - Sal Restivo Pages:284 pages, IllustrationsThe Treachery of Realities targets the contemporary atmosphere of lies, post truths, and alternative facts. We have previously had little reason to think that humanity was about to have its dinosaur moment; we could be confident of surviving for millennia. It now seems that humanity's future might be a matter of decades given the variety of existential threats we face, from climate change and asteroids to robots and AI. We are not going to save
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there were always rumours that the wrong man had been imprisoned
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using authentic techniques and inspiration from real museum pieces
companies and governments look at the world - and in the process has become one of the most important books of the twenty-first century
unflinching prose that defined Politkovskaya's career is brought together to provide an unparalleled look at the complexities of modern Russia and the enduring fight for human rights within it
the collision of competing narratives
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