Uses the words of Spock, Data, Kirk, Picard, Dax, and Worf to explore human experience and personal fulfillment in a series of daily meditations.

Inspired by quotations gleaned from 30 years of Star Trek, this down-to-earth collection invites readers on a year-long voyage into their tuner universe?

Whether you're a devoted fan of the Star Trek(R) TV series and films, or you've never watched a single episode, you'll find a treasury of inspiration and insight on these pages. After all, the voyages of the Starship Enterprise - along with Star Trek's(R) other sequels and prequels - were never really about the exploration of space. They were about boldly going into ourselves. About investigating the deeper dimensions that give our lives meaning and purpose, that inspire us to become the best crewmen and women we can be right here on Spaceship Earth. Boldly Going on Your Inner Voyage is the perfect companion for your ongoing explorations. Written in the form of the "daily meditationals" familiar to both seekers of spiritual wisdom and readers in recovery (aren't we all?), the 438 readings all begin with a quotation from one of Star Trek's(R) repertoire of fascinating characters. The words of such icons as Captain Kirk, Picard and Janeway, Counselor Troi and Spock - and now Star Trek: Discovery's Michael Burnham - are scattered throughout the Manual, along with those of lesser-known luminaries like Neelix, Natira and Cadet Tilly. Each quote sparks an insightful reflection on themes ranging from Acceptance to Transformation, from Forgiveness to Serving Others. A brief affirmation follows, encouraging the reader to continue thinking about-and most importantly, acting on - the issues raised in the meditation. WHAT'S NEW in this 4th print edition (in addition to its larger format), is an expanded Appendix of meditations that were deleted over the course of three previous editions in order to make room for dozens of new entries from the latest big-screen and small-screen incarnations of Star Trek(R) - including the opening season of Star Trek: Discovery. Also included are expanded Indices that allow readers to easily locate all the quotes from any single Star Trek(R) character, or to find all the meditations related to any single topic from the 200-plus listed. It doesn't matter whether you start your explorations on day 01.01 (Earth's January 1st), or Arroway's mid-year solstice (A-36) - or whatever date you start reading the Manual. For that matter, you may want to read through all the meditations in only a week or two as you would any other book. Just pick a random page or an inspiring quote, and let your Inner Voyage begin!

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our lives Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence? To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of our most important and provocative thinkers—traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today, and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice…though he also suggests that there may be something perversely appealing—even romantic—about bureaucracy. Leaping from the ascendance of right-wing economics to the hidden meanings behind Sherlock Holmes and Batman, The Utopia of Rules is at once a powerful work of social theory in the tradition of Foucault and Marx, and an entertaining reckoning with popular culture that calls to mind Slavoj Zizek at his most accessible. An essential book for our times, The Utopia of Rules is sure to start a million conversations about the institutions that rule over us—and the better, freer world we should, perhaps, begin to imagine for ourselves.

An inside look at the writing process of Star Trek: Insurrection. From concept to final film script

Following the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture the captain and crew of the USS Enterprise found themselves haunted by their extraordinary encounter with the vast artificial intelligence of V'Ger, and by the sacrifice and ascension of their friend and shipmate, Willard Decker. As James T. Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy attempt to cope with the personal fallout of their ordeal, a chapter from their mutual past is reopened, raising troubling new questions about the relationship of God, man and A.I. On the recently settled world of Daran IV, the former refugees of the Fabrini worldship Yonada are divided by conflicting ideologies, some clinging to their theocratic past while others envision a future governed by reason alone. Years ago the officers of the Enterprise helped overthrow the Oracle, the machine-god that controlled Yonada. Now confronting the consequences of those actions, together with echoes of their strange encounter with V'Ger, Kirk, Spock and McCoy face choices which will decide the fate of a civilization - and which may change them forever.

Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.

An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making. One of the enduring concerns of moral philosophy is deciding who or what is deserving of ethical consideration. Much recent attention has been devoted to the "animal question"—consideration of the moral status of nonhuman animals. In this book, David Gunkel takes up the "machine question": whether and to what extent intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making can be considered to have legitimate moral responsibilities and any legitimate claim to moral consideration. The machine question poses a fundamental challenge to moral thinking, questioning the traditional philosophical conceptualization of technology as a tool or instrument to be used by human agents. Gunkel begins by addressing the question of machine moral agency: whether a machine might be considered a legitimate moral agent that could be held responsible for decisions and actions. He then approaches the machine question from the other side, considering whether a machine might be a moral patient due legitimate moral consideration. Finally, Gunkel considers some recent innovations in moral philosophy and critical theory that complicate the machine question, deconstructing the binary agent–patient opposition itself. Technological advances may prompt us to wonder if the science fiction of computers and robots whose actions affect their human companions (think of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey) could become science fact. Gunkel's argument promises to influence future considerations of ethics, ourselves, and the other entities who inhabit this world.

Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise is the most accurate, in-depth look at the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701A available. The Enterprise is thoroughly examined, deck-by-deck in full, fascinating detail. By using dozens of blueprints, sketches, and photographs, the inner workings of a starship are revealed.