• The Skeptics' Guide to the Future

  • What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
  • De: Steven Novella
  • Narrado por: Steven Novella
  • Duración: 13 h y 50 m
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (25 calificaciones)

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From the bestselling authors and hosts of 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open both the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world moving forward.

Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didn't anticipate the sexual revolution or women's liberation, the path to the present is littered with failed predictions and incorrect estimations.

The best we can do is try to absorb from futurism's checkered past, perhaps learning to do a little better.

In The Skeptics' Guide to the Future, Steven Novella and his co-authors build upon the work of futurists of the past by examining what they got right, what they got wrong, and how they came to those conclusions. By exploring the pitfalls of each era, they give their own speculations about the distant future, transformed by unbelievable technology ranging from genetic manipulation to artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Applying their trademark skepticism, they carefully extrapolate upon each scientific development, leaving no stone unturned as they lay out a vision for the future of tomorrow.

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even more entertaining than I hoped for

I am a regular podcast listener for some years now, and have also listened to their first book, but still found new great joy and knowledge in this audiobook

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The Novella brothers at their best

Interesting, thought provoking, and lots of fun throughout, this book both critically examines the reality of what science fiction has accurately predicted and where its expectations were way off - and what that all says about our brains. Moreover, the writers manage to convey what personally fascinates them so much about this genre. Never a dull moment in this book.

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