Humanity's most spectacular era yet is increasingly within reach.So why are we doing everything we can to hold it back?The bestselling author of The Rational Optimist delivers a daring vision of the future - one that is potentially dazzling, but only if we stop sleepwalking into self-inflicted decline.We're on the brink of a truly spectacular explosion of productivity and prosperity, argues Matt Ridley, thanks to a combination of artificial intelligence, material science and genomic knowledge that is unprecedented in its scope and implications.
With characteristic wit and ferocity, he confronts the irrational pessimism that dominates public discourse and examines the bureaucratic bloat, regulatory overreach, ideological superstition and crony capitalism that stand in the way.Optimistic in conclusion but unsparing in its analysis, The Flourishing is a rousing call to achieve and innovate by refusing to settle for a merely adequate future when a magnificent one is within reach.
| ISBN: | 9780008772925 |
| Publication date: | 11th February 2027 |
| Author: | Matt Ridley |
| Publisher: | 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Economic growth Agnosticism and atheism Climate change Social attitudes Social forecasting, future studies Conspiracy theories Economic forecasting |
Humanity's most spectacular era yet is increasingly within reach.So why are we doing everything we can to hold it back?The bestselling author of The Rational Optimist delivers a daring vision of the future - one that is potentially dazzling, but only if we stop sleepwalking into self-inflicted decline.We're on the brink of a truly spectacular explosion of productivity and prosperity, argues Matt Ridley, thanks to a combination of artificial intelligence, material science and genomic knowledge that is unprecedented in its scope and implications. With characteristic wit and ferocity, he confronts the irrational pessimism that dominates public discourse and examines the bureaucratic bloat, regulatory overreach, ideological superstition and crony capitalism that stand in the way.Optimistic in conclusion but unsparing in its analysis, The Flourishing is a rousing call to achieve and innovate by refusing to settle for a merely adequate future when a magnificent one is within reach.
The Flourishing features in the following genres: Economic growth, Agnosticism and atheism, Climate change, Social attitudes, Social forecasting, future studies, Conspiracy theories, Economic forecasting
Hardback. £22.50, down from the £25.00 cover price. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.
The Flourishing was written by Matt Ridley and published by 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Flourishing has 336 pages
£22.50, reduced from £25.00. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.