Looking for a book(s) that provides a framework for understanding the world on a macro scale. What are the biggest challenges and key variables to watch that will shape what the future looks like. What are the possible outcomes and their implications.
Similar to 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, but this books already seems antiquated.
Look for discussion/analysis on topics like AI, information-age+, space as an emerging industry, resource scarcity, population/migration trends, prolonged lifespans + biotech advances, evolving religion/zeitgeist/philosophical trends etc.
Open to any genre.
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The Fourth Turning by William Strauss & Neil Howe. It’s a little dated given it was published in 1996, so it won’t discuss modern tech like AI, but it will give you the tools to figure out how those things might shape the world. It examines patterns that have repeated over the course of all of human history, and frames those patterns using generational archetypes that themselves have repeated through human history. It’s not science, but it’s an interesting theory that has stuck with me for years.
A City on Mars by the Weinersmiths. This is about how difficult it would be to colonize space.
*How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going* –Vaclav Smil
Ending Aging by Aubrey de Grey. The Open Library page is [here](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12284524W/Ending_Aging?edition=key%3A/books/OL17932740M).
Ageless by Andrew Steele