Book 1 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
The Human in the Cosmic Age: Responsibility When the World Is No Longer Only Earth
宇宙时代的人：当世界不再只是地球
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Series
Civilization’s Future: Season One
A public philosophy series by Jie Chen, published by Onward Philosophy Press.
A public philosophy series on technology, space, non-human life, responsibility, and civilizational self-limitation.
This series is for readers who
- want serious public philosophy in a readable form;
- are looking for judgment, responsibility, and direction;
- want a path across eight connected books.
Books in this series
Book 2 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
The Future Is Not Possessing More Worlds: Expansion, Resources, and Limits
未来不是占有更多世界：扩张、资源与限制
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Book 3 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
Powerful Technology, Civilizational Responsibility: What Can Be Done Is Not Yet What Should Be Done
强技术时代的文明责任：能做不等于该做
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Book 4 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
After AI Enters Civilizational Action: Human Responsibility Beyond the System
人工智能进入文明行动之后：人还如何承担？
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Book 5 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
Facing the Non-Human Other: AI, Alien Life, and Moral Responsibility
面对不相似者：外星、人工智能与非人类生命
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Book 6 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
If We Encounter an Alien Civilization: Understanding, Fear, and Non-Assimilation
如果我们遇见外星文明：理解、恐惧与不归并
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Book 7 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
Lessons in Future Civilization for Children: AI, the Cosmos, and Responsibility
给孩子的未来文明课：AI、宇宙与责任
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Book 8 · Civilization’s Future: Season One
Freedom Is Not Unlimited Expansion: How Strong Civilizations Learn Self-Limitation
自由不是无限扩张：强文明如何学会自我限制
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Paperback and eBook editions are planned. Purchase links will be added as each title becomes available.