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Future stories : what's next? / David Christian.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316497459 (hardcover)
  • 0316497452 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.49
LOC classification:
  • CB 161 C555f 2022
Contents:
Thinking about the future: How philosophers, scientists, and living organisms do it -- Managing futures: How bacteria, plants and animals do it -- Preparing for futures: How humans do it -- Imagining futures: Human, astronomical, and cosmological.
Summary: "The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a sort of User's Guide to the Future. We all need such a guide because the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives."-- From Amazon.com
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) CB 161 C555f 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000177477

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341) and index.

Thinking about the future: How philosophers, scientists, and living organisms do it -- Managing futures: How bacteria, plants and animals do it -- Preparing for futures: How humans do it -- Imagining futures: Human, astronomical, and cosmological.

"The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a sort of User's Guide to the Future. We all need such a guide because the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives."-- From Amazon.com

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