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Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse: Contemplating the Future with Noam Chomsky, George Carlin, Deepak Chopra, Rupert Sheldrake, and Others by Alex Grey, Edgar D. Mitchell, Peter Russell, John E. Mack, David Jay Brown, Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Robert Anton Wilson, Dean Radin, George Carlin, Jeff McBride, Valerie Corral, Kary Mullis, Bruce Sterling, Douglas Rushkoff, Noam Chomsky, Rupert Sheldrake, Candace B. Pert, Ray Kurzweil, Hans Moravec, Clifford A. Pickover, Paul Krassner
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CONVERSATIONS ON THE EDGE OF APOCALYPSE: CONTEMPLATING HE FUTURE WITH NOAM CHOMSKY, GEORGE CARLIN, DEEPAK CHOPRA, RUPERT SHELDRAKE, AND OTHERS EDITED BY DAVID JAY BROWN: Conversations on the Edge of Apocalypse is an interesting collection of interviews with a cornucopia of renowned people from all walks of life, although this group seems to consist mainly of scientists, Buddhists, and people of other alternative believes than Western Christian world.
While there's not really must I can say that the book gives the reader on the whole, there are a lot of interesting individual details with each person. Some I skipped past, because it just wasn't my cup of tea, or rather I had absolutely no inkling of belief in this person's seemingly crazy ideas. All the scientists were extremely interesting, giving up to date news of what they're working on: the cure for AIDS is around the corner, according to one of these scientists. A couple of the interesting questions Brown asked each person was: Do you think the human race will survive the next hundred years? And, essentially: What happens to you after you die. The general consensus to human survival is that we will survive the next hundred years (and according to some scientists, with upcoming advances in longevity, a lot of us will be around to see it!), so long as we don't blow ourself up with outright nuclear war or a bioweapons war, or SARS, of course. As for the latter question, the funny thing was that every single person first answered with "I don't know." Then they want on to give their afterlife beliefs, but it was just amusing to have everyone preface their ideas with the "I don't know" disclaimer.
On the whole, it's a book I recommend to people to read, just to read the variety of ideas from people in the world today, for all areas, and it opens one's mind and helps you understand that everyone doesn't think the same thing.
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While there's not really must I can say that the book gives the reader on the whole, there are a lot of interesting individual details with each person. Some I skipped past, because it just wasn't my cup of tea, or rather I had absolutely no inkling of belief in this person's seemingly crazy ideas. All the scientists were extremely interesting, giving up to date news of what they're working on: the cure for AIDS is around the corner, according to one of these scientists. A couple of the interesting questions Brown asked each person was: Do you think the human race will survive the next hundred years? And, essentially: What happens to you after you die. The general consensus to human survival is that we will survive the next hundred years (and according to some scientists, with upcoming advances in longevity, a lot of us will be around to see it!), so long as we don't blow ourself up with outright nuclear war or a bioweapons war, or SARS, of course. As for the latter question, the funny thing was that every single person first answered with "I don't know." Then they want on to give their afterlife beliefs, but it was just amusing to have everyone preface their ideas with the "I don't know" disclaimer.
On the whole, it's a book I recommend to people to read, just to read the variety of ideas from people in the world today, for all areas, and it opens one's mind and helps you understand that everyone doesn't think the same thing.
If you liked this review, and would like to read more, go to BookBanter.