An optimist's tour of the future - Mark Stevenson

Mark Stevenson-a writer, deep thinker, and stand-up comedian-set
out simply, asking, "What's next for our species?" and then traveled
the globe in pursuit of the answers. Along the way, he visited the
Australian outback to visit the farmers who can save us from climate
change, met a robot with mood swings, and talked to the Spaniard who's
putting a hotel in space. While some might be overwhelmed, or even
dismayed by the looming realities of genome sequencing, synthetic
biology, a nuclear renaissance, and carbon scrubbing, Stevenson
remains, well, optimistic. Drawing on his singular humor and
storytelling to break down these sometimes complicated discoveries,
An Optimist's Tour of the Future paints a wonderfully readable,
and completely enthralling portrait of where we'll be when we grow up- and why it's not so scary.