***Special promotional price... get this book now!*** Do you wonder about the future... what things will be like some day, how long it might take, and what we can do about it? Substantive yet imaginative, readable, occasionally humorous, and science oriented, this book proposes possible future scenarios spanning from the current century to nearly eternity. Most chapters offer a concluding section with recommendations and often, agree or disagree, the author's occasionally inimitable opinions. Some of the recommended actions can be done by individuals, others by nations or other groups, and still others by the entire world. Over 300 references. Discover and "What it Means That an Hour's Work Yields a Week's Food and " (chapter 1). Foresee the and "Teeming Cities of Mars and " (chap. 21). Learn why it's and "Keyboards Yesterday, Mind Reading Tomorrow and " (chap. 3). Have you ever wondered - and "Will Artificial Intelligence Threaten Civilization? and " (See chap. 12.) Find out what happens and "When Genomes Get Cheap and " (chap. 6). Prepare for an and "Asteroid Apocalypse and " (chap. 25). Explore why you would benefit from and "Wiki-Wiki-Wikipedia and " (chap. 4). How we will and "Live Anywhere, Work Anywhere Else and " (chap. 2). Realize how the future and "Tastes Like the Singularity and " (chap. 15). Get smarter with and "Smart Pills'n Such and " (chap. 5). Experience a and "Soylent Spring and " (chap. 9). Understand nukes better by and "Deconstructing Nonproliferation and " (chap. 13). Get ready for a and "Space Empire and " (chap. 14). What is and "Sic Transit Humanitas: The Transcent of Man and " (chap. 26)? There's global warming, and there's and "Warm, Poison Planet and " (chap. 17). But let's not forget about and "Big Ice and " (chap. 22). Things may really grow on trees with and "New Plant Paradigms and " (chap. 24). We all have and "Questions and " (chap. 31). And much more! This book is aimed at the reader who is interested in the future, and intrigued by science and technology.