A review by christianholub
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman

3.0

Not Klosterman's best work, but an interesting thought experiment in looking at our present with an eye to the future. There's some great stuff in here. I mean, there are whole chapters about the multiverse, simulation theory, and the construction of cultural canons - that stuff couldn't BE any more up my alley. But I think Klosterman's modern work suffers from some over-explication. If I've bought this book and read the inside cover, you don't need to spend 100 pages explaining the concept over and over again. Luckily, vintage Klosterman - that sarcastic KISS obsessive with an encyclopedic knowledge of pop detritus - is still lingering in the footnotes and asides. Still think he should've talked about climate change more.