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An Optimist's Tour Of The Future
Mark Stevenson
One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer "What's Next?"
Avery
February 2011
On Sale: February 3, 2011
384 pages
ISBN: 1583334149
EAN: 9781583334140
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In the tradition of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly
Everything, a smart and entertaining guide to the future of
civilization When unexpectedly confronted with his own mortality, Mark
Stevenson-a writer, deep-thinker, and stand-up
comedian-began to ponder what the future holds for our
species. "The past is a foreign country," writes Stevenson.
"By my analysis it's a bit like France-in that I've been to
parts of it and eaten some nice food there. But the future?
The future is an unknown territory-and there isn't a
guidebook." Thus, his ambition was born. Stevenson set out simply, asking, "What's next?" and then
traveled the globe in pursuit of the answers. Along the way,
he visited the Australian outback to visit the farmers who
can save us from climate change, met a robot with mood
swings, and talked to the Spaniard who's putting a hotel in
space. While some might be overwhelmed, or even dismayed by
the looming realities of genome sequencing, synthetic
biology, a nuclear renaissance, and carbon scrubbing,
Stevenson remains, well, optimistic. Drawing on his singular
humor and storytelling to break down these sometimes
complicated discoveries, An Optimist's Tour of the Future
paints a wonderfully readable, and completely enthralling
portrait of where we'll be when we grow up- and why it's not
so scary.
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