The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

Author: Bina Venkataraman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 A trailblazing exploration of how we can think more strategically and effectively about the future--our own, our family's, and our society's. Many of us never learned--or have forgotten--how to make smart, long-term decisions, so we avoid making them. In a world where immediate satisfaction is the norm, it's easy to do. Whether it's decisions about our health (our chronic overuse of antibiotics has triggered a shocking rise in immunity to them),...Read more