Skip to main content
Unplaced
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others

by David Jay Brown

This collection of interviews with prominent thinkers explores the future of humanity, the nature of consciousness, and the evolution of technology. Discussions cover scientific and philosophical perspectives from figures such as Noam Chomsky and Ram Dass.

Accession 24461 ISBN 1403965323 Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others spine
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others cover
Live
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others live spine
No live
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others spine Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others live spine
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Astronomy Biography Communication Culture Family and Society Literature Professions Science Social Sciences Time
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
M:N3:34 2 Current vertical
2 weeks ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-21 01:43 (2 weeks, 6 days ago)

Identity

name→ title
Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others
vernon_id
35047
accession_no→ accession_number
24461
vernon_slug
conversations-on-the-edge-of-apocalypse-contemplating-the-future-with-noam-chomsky-george-carlin-deepak-chopra-rupert-sheldrake-and-others-david-jay-brown

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
1403965323

Descriptive

production_date
2005
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
David Jay Brown
tags→ tags
Science, Persons, Literature, Philology, Social sciences, Civilisation, Sociology, Astronomy, Physical sciences, Communication, Future, The, Time, Geodetic astronomy, Spherical astronomy, Interviews, Conversation, Oral communication, Scholars, Apocalyptic literature, Futurologists
subject_people
Noam Chomsky (American, b.1928), Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Sterling
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
41301

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "conversations-on-the-edge-of-apocalypse-contemplating-the-future-with-noam-chomsky-george-carlin-deepak-chopra-rupert-sheldrake-and-others-david-jay-brown"
"opacObjectId": "35047"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "41301"
"cssColors": [3 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "556b2f"
"hue": 82
"rank": 1
"presence": 73.94
"colorName": "darkolivegreen"
"lightness": 30
"colorGroup": "green"
"saturation": 39
"formattedColorName": "dark olive green"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "bdb76b"
"hue": 56
"rank": 2
"presence": 10.38
"colorName": "darkkhaki"
"lightness": 58
"colorGroup": "yellow"
"saturation": 38
"formattedColorName": "dark khaki"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "696969"
"hue": 0
"rank": 3
"presence": 0.57
"colorName": "dimgray"
"lightness": 41
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dim gray"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "42492a"
"hue": 73
"rank": 1
"presence": 73.94
"lightness": 22
"saturation": 26
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "c7ab5d"
"hue": 44
"rank": 2
"presence": 10.38
"lightness": 57
"saturation": 48
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "8e8a4d"
"hue": 56
"rank": 3
"presence": 13.04
"lightness": 42
"saturation": 29
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "717d52"
"hue": 76
"rank": 4
"presence": 1.95
"lightness": 40
"saturation": 20
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "6b6f66"
"hue": 86
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.57
"lightness": 41
"saturation": 4
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "a2ae89"
"hue": 79
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.06
"lightness": 60
"saturation": 18
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "a1a295"
"hue": 64
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.06
"lightness": 60
"saturation": 6
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 519
"score": 94.69
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Water"
"imageLabelId": 95
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 956
"score": 93.9
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Sky"
"imageLabelId": 100
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 386
"score": 90.05
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Nature"
"imageLabelId": 63
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 874
"score": 87.7
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Natural landscape"
"imageLabelId": 102
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 45
"score": 84.62
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Body of water"
"imageLabelId": 127
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 19411
"score": 82.74
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Font"
"imageLabelId": 12
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 479
"score": 82.23
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Cloud"
"imageLabelId": 130
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 1442
"score": 79.29
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Adaptation"
"imageLabelId": 43
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 1236
"score": 79.08
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Landscape"
"imageLabelId": 120
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 167
"score": 78.72
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Horizon"
"imageLabelId": 230
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "534"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "267"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "23"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "100"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "50"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/26519/898a2917ff1d2a2f9d4989375e9f14f70daac663.jpg"
"width": "796"
"height": "1192"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 0.31199765
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "24461"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others / David Jay Brown"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Conversations on the edge of apocalypse : contemplating the future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and others / David Jay Brown"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Brown, David Jay"
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2005"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2005-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2005-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "New York City/New York/United States of America"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Palgrave MacMillan"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "1403965323"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "126 BRO"
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [4 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Interviews/Conversation/Oral communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Interviews/Conversation/Oral communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Apocalyptic literature/Literature/Philology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Apocalyptic literature/Literature/Philology""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Future, The/Time/Geodetic astronomy/Spherical astronomy/Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Future, The/Time/Geodetic astronomy/Spherical astronomy/Astronomy/Physical sciences/Science""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"value": "Futurologists/Scholars/Persons"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Futurologists/Scholars/Persons""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [3 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Noam Chomsky (American, b.1928)"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Noam Chomsky (American, b.1928)""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Rupert Sheldrake"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Rupert Sheldrake""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Bruce Sterling"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_person:"Bruce Sterling""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "david-jay-brown"
"title": "David Jay Brown"
"relatedRecordId": "37543"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes