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020			_a9781474609395
082			_a909.83 _bHIG
100			_aHiggs, John _95547
245		4	_aThe future starts here : _badventures in the twenty-first century
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bHachette _c2019
300			_a386p.
520			_a'The future hasn't happened yet. The idea that our civilisation is doomed is not established fact. It is a story we tell ourselves.' In the 1980s, we gave up on the future. When we look ahead now, we imagine economic collapse, environmental disaster and the zombie apocalypse. But what if we are wrong? What if this bleak outlook is a generational quirk that afflicted those raised in the twentieth century, but which is already beginning to pass? What if we do have a future after all? John Higgs takes us on a journey past the technological hype and headlines to discover why we shouldn't trust the predictions of science fiction, why nature is not as helpless as we assume and why purpose can never be automated. In the process, we will come to a better understanding of what lies ahead and how, despite everything - despite all the horrors and instability we face - we can build a better future
650			_aTwenty-first century _95036
650			_aCivilization, Modern _93799
650			_aTechnology--Social aspects _9586
942			_cBK
999			_c5745 _d5745