The day it finally happens
alien contact dinosaur parks immortal humans- and other possible phenomena
The day it finally happens
alien contact dinosaur parks immortal humans- and other possible phenomena
Book - 2019
"Scenarios about days that could come to pass in the future."
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New York :
Scribner,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Pearl, Mike, |d 1984- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The day it finally happens : |b alien contact, dinosaur parks, immortal humans- and other possible phenomena / |c Mike Pearl. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c [2019] | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 281 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "Scenarios about days that could come to pass in the future." |c --Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-281). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The day the UK finally abolishes its monarchy -- The day a tech billionaire takes over the world -- The day doping is allowed at the Olympics -- The day humans become immortal -- The day anyone can imitate anyone else perfectly -- The day the last human-driven car rolls off the lot -- The day Saudi Arabia pumps its last barrel of oil -- The day a real Jurassic Park opens -- The day antibiotics don't work anymore -- The day the last fish in the ocean dies -- The day the US completely bans guns -- The day nuclear bombs kill us all -- The day a baby is born on the moon -- The day the entire Internet goes down -- The day the last slaughterhouse closes -- The day humans get a confirmed signal from intelligent extraterrestrials -- The day the next supervolcano erupts -- The day the last slave goes free -- The day the last cemetery runs out of space. | |
| 520 | |a If you live on planet Earth, you're probably scared of the future. How could you not be? Some of the world's most stable democracies are looking pretty shaky. Technology is invading personal relationships and taking over jobs. Relations among the three superpowers - the US, China, and Russia - are growing more complicated and dangerous. A person watching the news has to wonder: Is it safe to go out there or not? Taking inspiration from his virally popular Vice column "How Scared Should I Be?", Mike Pearl in The Day It Finally Happens games out many of the "could it really happen?" scenarios we've all speculated about, assigning a probability rating, and taking us through how it would unfold. He explores what would likely occur in dozens of possible scenarios - among them the final failure of antibiotics, the loss of the world's marine life, a complete ban on guns in the US, and even the arrival of aliens - and reports back from the future, providing a clear picture of how the world would look, feel, and even smell in each of these instances. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Forecasting. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Technology |x Social aspects |x Forecasting. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social change |x Forecasting. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Twenty-first century |v Forecasts. | |
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