Summary of Dr. Steven Novella's The Skeptics' Guide to the Future

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The author works for a company that builds autonomous robot servants, and he uses one every morning to get dressed. He was not initially excited about the technology, but eventually grew to appreciate it.

Sujets

• Futurology
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Social Science
• Future Studies

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 11 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350039511
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Dr. Steven Novella's The Skeptics Guide to the Future
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The author works for a company that builds autonomous robot servants, and he uses one every morning to get dressed. He was not initially excited about the technology, but eventually grew to appreciate it.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The future is an inexact extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#2

We cannot predict specific weather with much accuracy, but we can predict overall changes in climate. It is easier to predict that travel will get faster in the future than the specifics of automotive technology.

#3

-> The future is an extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#4

We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#5

The future is an extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#6

The future is an extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#7

The future is an extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#8

The future is an extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future. The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old.

#9

We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#10

The future is extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#11

The future is extrapolation of the present. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#12

The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#13

The future will be a blend of the new and the old, and it will continue to be unpredictable.

#14

We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future. The future will be a blend of the new and the old, and it will continue to be unpredictable.

#15

The future will be a blend of the new and the old, and it will continue to be unpredictable. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future. The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old.

#16

The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future. The future will be a blend of the new and the old, and it will continue to be unpredictable.

#17

The future will continue to be unpredictable, but we can learn from the present and past of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#18

While we cannot make this sort of prediction for each type of technology or application, it does seem like a reasonable reading of history that technological progress is accelerating and probably will continue to do so. But we must remember that we are still in the middle of that progression, and we cannot extrapolate current trends endlessly into the future.

#19

The future will be a blend of the new and the old, and it will continue to be unpredictable. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#20

The future will be a blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future. The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

We are inventing the future, right now. In this section, we will review the existing cutting-edge technologies that are most likely to shape our future.

#2

The future will be a complex blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#3

Humans have been genetically modifying the plants and animals important to our survival for thousands of years. This is part of the way we use technology to adapt the environment to ourselves much more quickly than we adapt biologically to the environment.

#4

The future will be a blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#5

The future will be a mix of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#6

The future will be a blend of the new and the old. We can learn from the past and present of the technologies that dominate our world, and extrapolate them a bit into the future.

#7