I watch a lot of Daily Show, so it is no surprise that many of my book suggestions come from that. It is too easy to just grab the free version off Kindle for any recommendation and dive right in. Check out the Albert Brooks Daily Show episode for a good book recap.
2030 is about the near future. All the problems we have now (debt, health care, economic troubles, etc) have not been solved and have become worse to a debilitating degree. The scary part about this book is that it all seems so... possible.
It isn't all bad... by 2030 cancer (and many other diseases) have been cured. But in these awesome scientific advances there are all sorts of negative outcomes related to health care now supporting even more elderly people who are living longer and taking increased advantage of medicare, medicaid, and social security. This in turn creates resentment in the younger generations who see a nation destroyed by debt, and their increasing taxes put towards keeping the old alive at the expense of opportunities for the young.
As you can imagine, it is a complex set of culture issues that create all sorts of interesting directions to explore. Unfortunately large parts of the book are spent on the romantic relationships between the main characters which does little to propel the narrative forward in my opinion. But regardless, I deem the entire book an interesting thought experiment that culminates in a challenging idea about true globalism and the role of countries in the future beyond 2030.
The book reads quick, so if anything I mention above seems interesting, give it a go.
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