Books : The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 Of The World's Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century
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Dewey Decimal Number: 303.490905
EAN num: 9780849903700
ISBN number: 084990370X
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Page Count: 256
Printing Date: April 13, 2008
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The world is an uncertain place, which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question 'What will life be like 50 years from now?' to sixty of the world's greatest minds. Their responses offer a fascinating glimpse into the cultural, scientific, political, and spiritual moods of the times. Edited and with an introduction by Mike Wallace, this book provides an imaginative and thought-provoking look into our collective soul and the critical issues that underlie our hopes, prayers, fears, and dreams for life in the 21st century.
Contributors include former presidents, leading scientists, noted writers and artists, respected religious leaders, and current political figures, including:
- Vint Cerf, Vice President of Google; known as a 'Father of the Internet'
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a geneticist who led the Human Genome Project
- Dr. Wanda Jones, Director of the Office on Women's Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Ray Kurzweil, an inventor whose developments include the very first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and the very first text-to-speech synthesizer
- General James E. Cartwright, Commander of United States Strategic Command
- Kim Dae-jung, the former President of the Republic of Korea
- Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol
- Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner; called 'the father of the Green Revolution'
- Carol Bellamy, former Executive Director UNICEF, very first former volunteer to serve as director of Peace Corp, and current president and CEO of World Learning
- Gerardus 't Hooft, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands; Nobel Prize in Physics
- Craig Newmark, Internet pioneer and founder of craigslist
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This fascinating book offers the forecasts of 60 leaders about what our lives will be like in 2050. The ideas of people of science, conservation, computers, medicine, technology, and more will give you much to think about.
If you're looking for a book to tell you the answers or create a science fiction visualization, this book is not the one you want. If you're looking for a book that will tease your brain, scare the heck out of you, and make you realize that YOU have to take responsibility for the future, then you'll love this book.
Brain scientist Richard Restak believes that 40 years from now we will be concerned about the ethics of using "technology to stimulate healthy mental states in as many people as possible in the interest of creating a more harmonious society" (p. 76).
Former security and terrorism coordinator Richard Clarke believes that in the future, "People will have so many computers in their bodies and such connectivity to networks with AI [artificial intelligence] systems that there will be questions about where the line is between humans and machines" (p. 72).
Some of the authors are quite creative in their ideas and the way they write about them. You'll find insights into some interesting scholarship and research. You will find much to contemplate from cultural, societal, ethical, and individual perspectives. The brief and diverse perspectives will help you figure out what you want to see in your future.
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I teach a college course on Technology and Society and it provides many things to think about. It DOES NOT tell you what to expect fifty years from now. Predicting the future five years out is impossible. With computers and years of records we can't predict the weather past 24 hours out, and even that is often incorrect. No one predicted the rise of cell phones or mp3 players - even their inventors. Don't expect concrete answers - just things we should help our world to work towards.
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I like to hear from people who are moving us ahead in areas I know little about. Their titles don't necessarily impress me, but their brains do. Genetics, pharmacology, bioethics, international police organizations, physics, these are all things I don't normally think much about. It is both fascinating and scary to hear what they have to say about the future. I hope we can deal with it.
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It was pleasant and comforting to read the views of my favorite scientific personalities. It was at the same time rewarding and entertaining. The topics may have been serious but the reading was simple, fluid and easy.
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I truly believe that 57 of the 60 world's Greatest Minds are Nuts! With all of their optimist views for the future, I am sure had the 60 of the Greatest Minds been on the Titanic, 59 of them would have never gotten into the life boats. Regards, Keith Renick, Peachtree City, Ga.
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