02249cam a2200445 i 4500 22304287 BJBSDDR 20240521121026.0 ta 211109s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2021950394 9780316497459 (hardcover) 0316497452 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1275358371 YDX eng rda YDX BDX JTD OCO OJ4 OCL G8V DLC eng lccopycat CB 161 C555f 2022 303.49 Christian, David, 1946- 36036 Future stories : what's next? / David Christian. First edition. New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2022. x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341) and index. Thinking about the future: How philosophers, scientists, and living organisms do it -- Managing futures: How bacteria, plants and animals do it -- Preparing for futures: How humans do it -- Imagining futures: Human, astronomical, and cosmological. "The future is uncertain, a bit spooky, possibly dangerous, maybe wonderful. We cope with this never-ending uncertainty by telling stories about the future, future stories. How do we construct those stories? Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Can we trust our future stories? And what sort of futures do they show us? This book is about future stories and future thinking, about how we prepare for the future. Think of it as a sort of User's Guide to the Future. We all need such a guide because the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives."-- From Amazon.com Forecasting. Previsión 30917 Future, The. Futuro 17150 History. Historia 4896 7 cbc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 121271 121271 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2024-05-10 0 CB 161 C555f 2022 00000177477 2024-05-10 00:00:00 1 2024-05-10 BK