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A review by anti_christie
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by Michio Kaku
4.0
3.5/5
A bit basic -- another review mentioned, "a mile wide but an inch deep" and I think that's accurate. I would recommend this to any middle or high school aged kid who hasn't been exposed to a lot of "futurology" or modern science, and who might be inspired to pay attention in physics.
Two things I thought this lacked -- a good faith effort to argue the sociological implications of some of the theories proposed (ie specifically AI) and a realistic discussion of the impact of climate change on humanity. It's doubtful that we can achieve interstellar travel in the next two centuries if we aren't able to prevent catastrophes in the next two decades.
More interesting than the book itself, I think, is scouring through the 1-2 star reviews which seem to think that science is a bunch of mumbo jumbo.
A bit basic -- another review mentioned, "a mile wide but an inch deep" and I think that's accurate. I would recommend this to any middle or high school aged kid who hasn't been exposed to a lot of "futurology" or modern science, and who might be inspired to pay attention in physics.
Two things I thought this lacked -- a good faith effort to argue the sociological implications of some of the theories proposed (ie specifically AI) and a realistic discussion of the impact of climate change on humanity. It's doubtful that we can achieve interstellar travel in the next two centuries if we aren't able to prevent catastrophes in the next two decades.
More interesting than the book itself, I think, is scouring through the 1-2 star reviews which seem to think that science is a bunch of mumbo jumbo.