The Day It Finally Happens: Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans – and Other Possible Phenomena by Mike Pearl
Requirements: .MP3 reader, 248 MB
Overview: From a Vice Magazine columnist whose beat is “the future”, here is entertaining speculation featuring both authoritative research and a bit of mischief: a look at how humanity is likely to weather such happenings as the day nuclear war occurs, the day the global internet goes down, the day we run out of effective antibiotics, and the day immortality is achieved.
If you live on planet Earth, you’re probably scared of the future. How could you not be? Some of the world’s most stable democracies are looking pretty shaky. Technology is invading personal relationships and taking over jobs. Relations among the three superpowers – the US, China, and Russia – are growing more complicated and dangerous. A person watching the news has to wonder: Is it safe to go out there or not?
Taking inspiration from his virally popular Vice column “How Scared Should I Be?”, Mike Pearl in The Day It Finally Happens games out many of the “could it really happen?” scenarios we’ve all speculated about, assigning a probability rating, and taking us through how it would unfold. He explores what would likely occur in dozens of possible scenarios – among them the final failure of antibiotics, the loss of the world’s marine life, a complete ban on guns in the US, and even the arrival of aliens – and reports back from the future, providing a clear picture of how the world would look, feel, and even smell in each of these instances.
Genre: Audiobooks > Non-Fiction
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