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New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact…and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide readers on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives. From the ways science and technology are fundamentally altering our bodies and our world (the world’s first bionic soldier, the future of evolution) to those explosive collisions between science and culture (life extension and bioweapons), we’re crossing moral and ethical lines we’ve never faced before.

As Kotler writes, “Life is tricky sport—and that's the emotional core of this story, the real reason we can’t put Pandora back in the box. When you strip everything else away, technology is nothing more than the promise of an easier tomorrow. It’s the promise of hope. And how do you stop hope?”

Join Kotler in this fascinating exploration of our incredible next: a deep dive into those future technologies happening now—and what it means to be a part of this brave new world.

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: New Harvest; Uncorrected Proof edition (May 12, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0544456211
ISBN-13: 978-0544456211
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A weak example of a strong genre

ByBrian ConnorsVINE VOICEon May 13, 2015

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Basically a bathroom reader of interesting science, I'd like this book more if it seemed a bit less credible and "this is gonna blow your mind" contrarian about some things. Some of this stuff -- environmentalists changing their minds about nuclear energy, for example -- isn't exactly obscure or mindblowing once you understand the reasons; the chapter on steroids, on the other hand, seems credulous and poorly written and is likely to give a lot of people the idea that OTC steroid use is just fine. The article on mind-uploading and the singularity borders on gee-whiz gibberish. Kotler strikes me as the embodiment of everything scientists hate about science journalism -- 90% correct, 10% completely off the rails, and it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

I normally like books like this. I thought I'd love this one. But as a longtime skeptic, this one leaves me lukewarm at best. If you must read it, double-check everything.

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An interesting look at a few of the scientific breakthroughs of the past decades

ByMichael J. EdelmanTOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICEon April 9, 2015

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When I was a child, it looked like the future was almost here. Things that were once only found in science fiction books were becoming real. Men were flying rocket belts across stadiums and rocket ships into space. Giant electronic brains were being built. Nuclear power was revolutionizing the grid. New drugs were said to be cures for mental illness. The President promised we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade. Soon, I thought, we'd all be taking our personal jet packs and autogyros to the local spaceport, where we'd ride a rocket to a space station and spend our holidays exploring the solar system... Jump ahead to 2015: Diseases are still the bane of human kind, nuclear power gave us TMI and Chernobyl, and we're still stuck in low Earth orbit, and no one's set foot on the moon in 43 years. What happened?

What happened,, says Steven Kotler, is that we have come a very long way since then. It's just that we took a slightly different route. Private space flight is a reality. Prosthetics are becoming more and more sophisticated, so that thee day of the Six Million Dollar Man is closer than we may think. People are seriously talking about mining asteroids. And nuclear power is due for a renaissance, with new designs that are self-limiting, generate almost zero waste, and would have been here decades ago if not for some very mistaken policies.

The idea that we're now living in the world that science fiction predicted is the theme that holds together the essays in Tomorrowland, although for many of the pieces it's perhaps a bit of a stretch. The book consists of a series of magazine articles written over a period of close to two decades, covering stories at the leading edge, and sometimes the bizarre fringe, of science, medicine, and technology. None are terribly long, and consequently the science concerned tends to be somewhat glossed over; this is not a book that will fascinate those looking for deep explanations of the underlying physics of, say, brain chemistry or fission reactions in a thorium reactor. And Kotler's breezy writing style- think "Wired" magazine- can be perhaps a bit off-putting to those expecting a more somber discussion. But I think the more casual reader with an interest in science and technology will find it interesting reading throughout.

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Highly Recommended

ByBrian J. GreeneVINE VOICEon March 24, 2015

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I enjoyed this book. I am not a scientist and while I am at least familiar with most of the concepts approached in the book, I am far from well-read on these things; so I looked forward to getting informed on some important technological advances happening, and I was particularly intrigued by the idea of the author comparing these advances to what was predicted about them in science fiction books from decades past.

I *did* learn a lot. About the scientific development - and challenges therein - of everything from flying cars to artificial vision implants, from psychedelic medicine to stem cell research, bionic limbs to genetically engineered creatures, etc. Kotler writes in a way that's both intelligent yet approachable - such that I believe professionals in these fields could be interested in his writings, yet lay people can understand them. He's witty at times yet utterly serious when such a tone is called for. I enjoyed his writing style, just as I did the content of the book.

If I have a qualm it's that I wish he had done more with comparing science fiction predictions of yesterday with science facts of today. He does some of this here and there, but not enough of it and never with much detail. Because of the book's subtitle, I expected and hoped for a lot of specific examples of where old science fiction plotlines have become realities in today's world.

Really, though, that's my only quibble and the problem I had there wasn't enough to keep me from thoroughly enjoying the book. I recommend it to anyone who feels they would be interested in an engaging look at where we are in our society today, with a variety of technological advances.

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