Clear Bright Future : A Radical Defence of the Human Being

Resumen del libro

How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway?In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become eroded as never before.

In this book Paul Mason argues that we are still capable - through language, innovation and co-operation - of shaping our future. He offers a vision of humans as more than puppets, customers or cogs in a machine. This work of radical optimism asks: Do you want to be controlled? Or do you want something better?

Biografía del autor

Los libros de Paul Mason comprenden un amplio abanico de temas, desde si los romanos comían patatas fritas hasta cómo construir la mejor pista de skate, pero Paul escribe sobre todo de deporte. Si estás interesado en natación, ciclismo, snowboard, surf o en otro deporte, Paul seguramente ha escrito algo que te animará a salir a probarlo. Paul escribe junto a la playa, en una choza que comparte con su perra tuerta surfeadora, Daisy.