HUMAN FRONTIERS

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 Works Where 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 rad