After Shock: The World’s Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock—and Look Ahead to the Next 50 by John Schroeter My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a good book, but somewhat mixed by its nature. As … Continue reading
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 4 of 5 stars Harari is an historian, which is the lens he uses here to think about the future. What he attempts to do is to … Continue reading
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think it is important to consider how the things we do today will create the future we will inhabit. Kurzweil’s book is … Continue reading
There is a venerable saying with much truth to it that the golden age of science fiction is 14. And it was certainly golden for me at that age. I could imagine myself as Kimball Kinnison, fighting the Boskonian menace … Continue reading
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book, but then I like Michio Kaku in general so I was not … Continue reading
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a book that I gave 3-stars to because parts of it are 5-star and parts are 1-star, so this is how it averages … Continue reading
My rating: 3 of 5 stars I think this book would be a good one for your older relative who doesn’t understand everything going on in the online world. It covers how old businesses are going over the cliff, and … Continue reading
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this as a Nook eBook. The global climate is changing and the ice caps are melting. Civil liberties are eroding. … Continue reading
