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NOT IF, BUT WHEN
In NOT IF, BUT WHEN the authors take the biggest imminent technological changes our society is facing over the next 20-30 years and then tell the story of what is going to happen after each becomes part of our lives. Drew Curtis is the founder ofFark.com, consistently one of the highest drivers of Internet traffic on the social web since its inception 17 years ago. In his hit show Myth Busters, Adam Savage brought popular science into the living rooms of tens of millions of people for over a decade. Now, with this book, he and Drew are going to do that for futurism.
The concept behind NOT IF, BUT WHEN is relatively straightforward. Take seven of the biggest imminent technological changes our society is facing over the next 20-30 years and then tell the story of what is going to happen after each becomespart of our lives – the larger goal of course to help people prepare for what is coming.
How did we reach a point where we can declare the End of Privacy -- and what lessons can we learn from what got us here? What negative impacts will advances in technology like driverless cars and 3D printing have on the job market -- and how can the burgeoning industry of asteroid mining serve to counteract these negative impacts? How do scientists plan to resurrect woolly mammoths and end the process of aging as we know it -- and how are we going to prepare, not if, but when they succeed?
These are the questions Drew Curtis and Adam Savage answer in NOT IF, BUT WHEN, drawing on knowledge from the leading experts in each of the seven fields addressed in the book. Adam and Drew have unparalleled access to the brilliant minds of this generation. James Cameron, Stewart Brand, Elon Musk, Astro Teller… and many others. Drew Curtis is the founder ofFark.com, consistently one of the highest drivers of Internet traffic on the social web since its inception 17 years ago. In his hit show Myth Busters, Adam Savage brought popular science into the living rooms of tens of millions of people for over a decade. Now, with this book, he and Drew are going to do that for futurism.
How did we reach a point where we can declare the End of Privacy -- and what lessons can we learn from what got us here? What negative impacts will advances in technology like driverless cars and 3D printing have on the job market -- and how can the burgeoning industry of asteroid mining serve to counteract these negative impacts? How do scientists plan to resurrect woolly mammoths and end the process of aging as we know it -- and how are we going to prepare, not if, but when they succeed?
These are the questions Drew Curtis and Adam Savage answer in NOT IF, BUT WHEN, drawing on knowledge from the leading experts in each of the seven fields addressed in the book. Adam and Drew have unparalleled access to the brilliant minds of this generation. James Cameron, Stewart Brand, Elon Musk, Astro Teller… and many others. Drew Curtis is the founder ofFark.com, consistently one of the highest drivers of Internet traffic on the social web since its inception 17 years ago. In his hit show Myth Busters, Adam Savage brought popular science into the living rooms of tens of millions of people for over a decade. Now, with this book, he and Drew are going to do that for futurism.
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