Human Frontiers

The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking

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  • 'A
  • fascinating
  • book
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • Bhaskar
  • is
  • a
  • reassuringly
  • positive
  • and
  • often
  • witty
  • guide' Observer'A
  • fascinating,
  • must-read
  • book
  • covering
  • a
  • vast
  • array
  • of
  • topics
  • from
  • the
  • arts
  • to
  • the
  • sciences,
  • technology
  • to
  • policy.
  • This
  • is
  • a
  • brilliant
  • and
  • thought-provoking
  • response
  • to
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • critical
  • questions
  • of
  • our
  • age:
  • how
  • we
  • will
  • come
  • up
  • with
  • the
  • next
  • generation
  • of
  • innovation
  • and
  • truly
  • fresh
  • ideas?' Mustafa
  • Suleyman,
  • cofounder
  • of
  • DeepMind
  • and
  • Google
  • VP'Have
  • "big
  • ideas"
  • and
  • big
  • social
  • and
  • economic
  • changes
  • disappeared
  • from
  • the
  • scene?
  • Michael
  • Bhaskar's
  • Human
  • Frontiers
  • is
  • the
  • best
  • look
  • at
  • these
  • all-important
  • questions.' Tyler
  • Cowen,
  • author
  • of
  • The
  • Great
  • Stagnation
  • and
  • The
  • Complacent
  • Class'Michael
  • Bhaskar
  • explores
  • the
  • disturbing
  • possibility
  • that
  • a
  • complacent,
  • cautious
  • civilization
  • has
  • lost
  • ambition
  • and
  • is
  • slowly
  • sinking
  • into
  • technological
  • stagnation
  • rather
  • than
  • accelerating
  • into
  • a
  • magical
  • future.
  • He
  • is
  • calling
  • for
  • bold,
  • adventurous
  • innovators
  • to
  • go
  • big
  • again.
  • A
  • fascinating
  • book' Matt
  • Ridley,
  • author
  • of
  • How
  • Innovation
  • WorksWhere
  • next
  • for
  • humanity?
  • Is
  • our
  • future
  • one
  • of
  • endless
  • improvement
  • in
  • all
  • areas
  • of
  • life,
  • from
  • technology
  • and
  • travel
  • to
  • medicine,
  • movies
  • and
  • music?
  • Or
  • are
  • our
  • best
  • years
  • behind
  • us?It's
  • easy
  • to
  • assume
  • that
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • modern
  • society
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • consistent,
  • radical
  • progress,
  • but
  • this
  • is
  • no
  • longer
  • true:
  • more
  • academics
  • are
  • researching
  • than
  • ever
  • before
  • but
  • their
  • work
  • leads
  • to
  • fewer
  • breakthroughs;
  • innovation
  • is
  • incremental,
  • limited
  • to
  • the
  • digital
  • sphere;
  • the
  • much-vaunted
  • cure
  • for
  • cancer
  • remains
  • elusive;
  • space
  • travel
  • has
  • stalled
  • since
  • the
  • heady
  • era
  • of
  • the
  • moonshot;
  • politics
  • is
  • stuck
  • in
  • a
  • rut,
  • and
  • the
  • creative
  • industries
  • seem
  • trapped
  • in
  • an
  • ongoing
  • cycle
  • of
  • rehashing
  • genres
  • and
  • classics.The
  • most
  • ambitious
  • ideas
  • now
  • struggle.
  • Our
  • great-great-great
  • grandparents
  • saw
  • a
  • series
  • of
  • transformative
  • ideas
  • revolutionise
  • almost
  • everything
  • in
  • just
  • a
  • few
  • decades.
  • Today,
  • in
  • contrast,
  • short
  • termism,
  • risk
  • aversion,
  • and
  • fractious
  • decision
  • making
  • leaves
  • the
  • landscape
  • timid
  • and
  • unimaginative.In
  • Human
  • Frontiers,
  • Michael
  • Bhaskar
  • draws
  • a
  • vividly
  • entertaining
  • and
  • expansive
  • portrait
  • of
  • humanity's
  • relationship
  • with
  • big
  • ideas.
  • He
  • argues
  • that
  • stasis
  • at
  • the
  • frontier
  • is
  • the
  • result
  • of
  • having
  • already
  • pushed
  • so
  • far,
  • taken
  • easy
  • wins
  • and
  • started
  • to
  • hit
  • limits.
  • But
  • new
  • thinking
  • is
  • still
  • possible.
  • By
  • adopting
  • bold
  • global
  • approaches,
  • deploying
  • cutting
  • edge
  • technology
  • like
  • AI
  • and
  • embracing
  • a
  • culture
  • of
  • change,
  • we
  • can
  • push
  • through
  • and
  • expand
  • afresh.Perfect
  • for
  • anyone
  • who
  • has
  • wondered
  • why
  • we
  • haven't
  • gone
  • further,
  • this
  • book
  • shows
  • in
  • fascinating
  • detail
  • how
  • the
  • 21st
  • century
  • could
  • stall
  • -
  • or
  • be
  • the
  • most
  • revolutionary
  • time
  • in
  • human history.
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