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I don‘t think I have EVER bailed on an audio, but I really cannot take 10+ more hours of this outdated, misogynistic “future” talk. I wanted to enjoy this, as it was recommended by a local environmental communications professor I highly respect, but this 1970‘s book rants on and on about how the future is speeding up and what MEN will be like in societies of the future. I think I gained everything important from the intro and Part 1.

The topic of artificial intelligence fascinates me. Some of the concepts brought forward in this book sound promising,& some are absolutely terrifying.I love that most of this book was written in a language that I can understand.There were parts that were over my head & hard to get through.I liked the way that the author alternated between stories of what the future may look like,followed by a narrative explaining why these things can happen.

1. I can‘t say whether it‘s the longest or not, but this has been on our shelves for at least 37 years.
2. I can‘t decide whether it will still be relevant, and it wound a time sink!
3. Don Quixote, The Fruit of the Tree, Coriolanus, The Secrets of the Fire King
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView #wonderouswednesday @Eggs

The stories in this book are set in different countries of the world over the next 20 years and show how AI will change our lives.Reading this book was like living the future vicariously. Mixed reality, self driving vehicles, deepfakes, Avatars , autonomous weapons etc are part of these stories.

I don't think I'm going to rate this one, as I am finally getting into the Verso books and thus blundering myself through a leftist education, which leaves me imagining that I will feel differently about this book the more I learn. Trying to build a tool kit to a just world, just gotta keep looking and learning and trying and dreaming of and for that better world.