The Future

By Jennifer M. Gidley,

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Book description

From the beginning of time, humans have been driven by both a fear of the unknown and a curiosity to know. We have always yearned to know what lies ahead, whether threat or safety, scarcity or abundance. Throughout human history, our forebears tried to create certainty in the unknown, by…

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1 author picked The Future as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I like the way that the author first provides a history of both the idea of the future and the field of future studies.

She shows how the field has come to appreciate that we cannot predict the future reliably, but can identify both plausible futures and desirable futures, and explore how to move from one to the other. She then explores key characteristics of plausible futures. There is a lot of information in a short book.

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