The Future of Humankind, John Hands
The Future of Humankind, John Hands
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The Future of Humankind
Why We Should be Optimistic

Author: John Hands

Narrator: Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This is the sequel to the award-winning Cosmosapiens, named Book of the Year by the UK’s Times Literary Supplement and One of the Best Science Books of 2015 by The Telegraph.In his acclaimed Cosmosapiens, renowned scientist John Hands looked back on how we humans evolved from the origin of the universe to the present day. Building on that work, The Future of Humankind: Why We Should Be Optimistic looks ahead to our ultimate destiny.Listeners embark on a fascinating journey in which Hands evaluates current major predictions for our future in three categories—extinction, survival, and transformation—before making his own unique and astonishing forecast.

About John Hands

John Hands was trained in science and taught physics for Britain’s Open University before writing the award-winning Cosmosapiens, with translation rights sold to Germany, China, Korea, Spain, and Romania. He is also the author of Housing Co-operatives and several novels, including Perestroika Christi, Darkness at Dawn, and Brutal Fantasies.

About Ralph Lister

Ralph Lister is an actor, voice actor, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. He spent fifteen years in London theater before moving to the United States to focus on film and television. He has held numerous roles in Shakespeare and modern dramas, as well as starring roles in independent films. His voice and character work can be heard in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearland 13 Going On 30. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on June 30, 2023

Don’t go in expecting any concrete “optimistic” path for humankind. It ends abruptly, with some very hand wavy, metaphysical, woo woo theory of “human cosmic consciousness”, where we choose cooperation over competition. WHAT!? Most annoyingly, if Hands’s theory is to build on human species moving be......more

Goodreads review by Don on March 07, 2023

In The Future of Humankind, John Hands predicts a collective human consciousness that spreads throughout the cosmos. Although that prediction is speculative, his description of our journey to reach our current state from the big bang is a herculean effort to cross the chasms of many individual scien......more

Quotes

“The title of this book says it all: the future of humankind is indeed at stake…John Hands’s book is a treasure trove of research and careful argument, and a clarion call to action.” Professor Denis Noble, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, MAE

“The Future of Humankind isn’t just exhaustively researched and relevant to every human being; it’s majestic. Impossible to not finish.” Perry Marshall, author of Evolution 2.0

“I believe his book can inspire more people to think about the destiny of mankind.” Dr. Feng Liu, author of Rise from Superintelligence and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Group

“John Hands…projects into the future the pattern of our evolution from the origin of the universe to produce a unique and astonishing forecast.” Michael Fossel, author of The Telomerase Revolution

“John Hands[‘s] balanced interrogation of the threats posed by pandemics and climate change and science’s promises of salvation could not be more timely.” Dr. James Le Fanu, author of Why Us?

 “John Hands…predict[s] a unique and surprising future for our species.” Martin Cohen, author of Cracking Philosophy

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