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The Future: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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The Future: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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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 seeking to influence outcomes with
sacrifices to gods, preparing for the unexpected with advice from
oracles, and by reading the stars through astrology. As scientific
methods improve and computer technology develops we become ever
more confident of our capacity to predict and quantify the future
by accumulating and interpreting patterns form the past, yet the
truth is there is still no certainty to be had. In this Very Short
Introduction Jennifer Gidley considers some of our most burning
questions: What is "the future "?; Is the future a time yet to
come?; Or is it a utopian place?; Does the future have a history?;
Is there only one future or are there many possible futures? She
asks if the future can ever be truly predicted or if we create our
own futures - both hoped for and feared - by our thoughts,
feelings, and actions, and concludes by analysing how we can learn
to study the future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions
series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in
almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect
way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors
combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to
make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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