The Future and Its Enemies
The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
Recommended by Mitch Daniels, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #66 in Libertarianism
Today we have greater wealth, health, opportunity, and choice than at any time in history. Yet a chorus of intellectuals and politicians laments our current condition -- as slaves to technology, coarsened by popular culture, and insecure in the face of economic change. The future, they tell us, is dangerously out of control, and unless we precisely govern the forces of change, we risk disaster.
In The Future and Its Enemies, Virginia Postrel explodes the myths behind these claims. Using examples that range from medicine to fashion, she explores how progress truly occurs and... more
In The Future and Its Enemies, Virginia Postrel explodes the myths behind these claims. Using examples that range from medicine to fashion, she explores how progress truly occurs and... more
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Mitch Daniels I’ve cited this book many times in explaining to people who have looked at our approach to governance here in our little two per cent of America, Indiana. (Source)
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