A review by tonicwater
The Future of Humanity: Our Destiny in the Universe by Michio Kaku

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

2.25

the further we got, the more outrageously hypothetical we got. A good chunk in the middle was basically Harari’s Homo Deus, which was boring to read after reading that so recently. I was hoping for more physics behind the insane theories, but it started to read as a listing of the insane things we might “start attempting” in this century (we will not: ie, sending our consciousness on lasers at light speed across galaxies for recreation? really bro?), with minimal effort to try to convince me we have the means to attempt it. A fun read, but I’m done with popsci for the nearest future :( the physics is basic, so don’t expect to learn anything new on that front. Honestly, a qft textbook to me is much more entertaining, because I’m learning shit that’s actually science, not science FICTION. 
It’s well written and parts are genuinely entertaining, so because it was light enough that I wasn’t paining myself to get through I did, but anyone interested in these subjects should look to more serious mediums, and not speculations, especially since there’s really nothing revolutionary in here.