Leading futurologist James Martin looks to our immediate future in his new book ‘The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for ensuring our Future’. If the 20th Century was all about ‘progress’, the 21st Century must be about transition, about reconsidering whether all progress, at the same rate, and in the same direction, isn’t in fact to charge towards our own extinction. Informed by interviews with experts worldwide, this book is set to have a great impact on society with fifteen challenges to secure a healthy future for the world:
- heal the planet
- end extreme poverty
- lower population rates
- achieve eco-affluent lifestyles
- eliminate war between high-tech nations
- design global codes of conduct
- manage global biodiversity
- end terrorism
- harness creativity
- detect and prevent the spread of infectious diseases
- realise the learning potential in all
- manage computer intelligence
- control the long term impact of all innovation
- enhance the human body through technology
- advance towards high-culture civilization
Join James Martin in conversation with Baroness Greenfield about his new book on the 28th September at the Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Foyles, either online at their website, from the shop in Charing Cross Road, or you can call 0870 420 2777.
Keep an eye out for our review of James Martin’s new book in the near future.