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A review by jonknightknighthunterbooks
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything by Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
I am not a big non-fiction reader. (Alas, I am a bigger non-fic _buyer_.) I have however, read the webcomic SMBC for what is certainly a decade, but might be two, so I was hoping I would get on with the author's voice - and it turned out I did.
I really appreciated the combination of depth of explanation (particularly when the bits that overlap with my knowledge base are right) and breadth. The latter is not so much on fields discussed - there are ten fields discussed - but the fact that the authors consider not just the pure science of the fields, but also the ethical, economic and regulatory dimensions (both of their development, and of sudden breakthroughs).
All of this to say the book is, pacy, funny, and where I have any prior knowledge (admittedly very small!), accurate.
I really appreciated the combination of depth of explanation (particularly when the bits that overlap with my knowledge base are right) and breadth. The latter is not so much on fields discussed - there are ten fields discussed - but the fact that the authors consider not just the pure science of the fields, but also the ethical, economic and regulatory dimensions (both of their development, and of sudden breakthroughs).
All of this to say the book is, pacy, funny, and where I have any prior knowledge (admittedly very small!), accurate.