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A review by brianlarson
2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything by Mauro F. Guillén
2.0
This book is chock-full of lazy euphemisms (like, “each day is a new opportunity” or “blockchain is the answer to all your problems”). Mauro clearly isn’t extremely versed in technology (nor does he claim to be), but technology is the driving force behind many of his predictions (3D printing, AVs, VR, etc.). The first half of the book is read largely through the lens of a sociologist and the latter, a tech-prognosticator.
I did thoroughly enjoy Mauro’s calls to combat climate change through innovative, yet practical means. Also, he clearly demonstrates that immigration is net positive & needed in order to combat low fertility rates and an increasingly aging global population.
Last- there’s no mention of COVID in the main text. In the post-script, Mauro mentions that his predictions still hold in a post covid environment, but how does he actually know that? We’re still in the throes of the pandemic today!
Last, last- Mauro spends 2.5 pages on what he calls “Gays and Bohemians.” The interweaving of the two is bizarre and I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from the pages other than gays and bohemians are “creative.” Missed opportunity here.
I did thoroughly enjoy Mauro’s calls to combat climate change through innovative, yet practical means. Also, he clearly demonstrates that immigration is net positive & needed in order to combat low fertility rates and an increasingly aging global population.
Last- there’s no mention of COVID in the main text. In the post-script, Mauro mentions that his predictions still hold in a post covid environment, but how does he actually know that? We’re still in the throes of the pandemic today!
Last, last- Mauro spends 2.5 pages on what he calls “Gays and Bohemians.” The interweaving of the two is bizarre and I’m not sure what I’m supposed to take away from the pages other than gays and bohemians are “creative.” Missed opportunity here.