'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, tran...

A highly accessible and up to the minute introduction to youth work for new students and those considering entering the profession

Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time--must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch, when absolutism and feudalism were rallying for their last struggle against the modern spirit, chiefly represented by Voltaire, the Encyclopedists, and Rousseau himself--a struggle to which, after many fierce intestine quarrels and sanguinary wars throughout Europe and America, h...

Virusses, war, climate, inflation, poverty and loneliness make people feel insecure. In these troubled times, there is more interest than ever for what is truly important in life: happiness, hope and love. What does science teach us today? Are we still allowed to strive towards happiness? And how do we do that? Leo Bormans asked the same question over and over again to a hundred professors all over the world: established names and young up-and-comers. Every scientist briefly summarises their ...

'In the best interest of the children' describes the author's experience of his daughters' adoption in the US. For Belgium to recognize this adoption, the author's family even had to take the Belgian State to Court.

This far-reaching experience encouraged the author to reflect about the topic of international adoption.

Why is adoption being treated as a suspicious institution by the same agencies which claim to act only in 'the best interest of the children'?

This book denounces the practi...

In Game Changer, Koen Timmers shows how education, technology and climate action can change the world. How do they interact with each other, and above all: how do they contribute to global solutions for young people worldwide? From the refugee camps in Kakuma in Kenya, to the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle or the school desks in Malawi. From Charlize Theron to Trevor Noah, from NASA to LEGO, from CNN to BBC: where Koen Timmers speaks, people listen carefully. Dr Jane Goodall and Princess E...

In this book, activist philosopher and philosophical activist Lieven de Cauter investigates the idea that if we want to avoid collapse, we have to end the Anthropocene – the geological era of the gigantic, devastating impact of our species on planet Earth. It might even be, he argues, that the collapse of our current, growth-maximizing system is the only hope for the biosphere.

Offering case studies on urban activism alongside more general reflections on civic action and social movements, D...

Het menselijke streven naar een episch, verrukkelijk leven – een leven vol doelgerichtheid, potentieel en levendigheid – is tijdloos. We hebben altijd gezocht naar manieren om onze gezondheid en levensduur te verbeteren, om niet alleen langer, maar ook beter te leven. Duurzame gezondheid boven levensduur.

Gezond zijn is meer dan de afwezigheid van ziekte. Gezond zijn is ook de essentie van levenslust, de fysieke en mentale kracht om je levensdoelen te realiseren, om er voor anderen te zij...

In the 21st century we need a new philosophy as opposed to the old philosophy: a philosophy of man or philosophical anthropology. The importance of a new philosophy of man is that it addresses people all over the world, thus helping us to overcome our differences. And if we look a bit further into the world of the 21st century, we see that the most pressing project will be the search for meaning in the lives of human beings in a globalised world. Following the complete existential deconstruct...