Review: 2030 by Albert Brooks
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
Basically, this is a great book about what happens to America if we don’t take control of our future.
If you love near future dystopia, or just a darkly humorous tale of a country gone awry, buy this book now. Simply could not put it down, and read it in an afternoon. Both entertaining and thought provoking.
Books has managed to taken every trend shaping America today to its logical conclusion, and the results are great. This includes: massive government debt, absurd security protocol, the San Andreas faultline, race relations, age relations, America’s dependence on China, and even has a bit of White House intrigue. (I would have loved it if he had included hydrocarbon and financial markets too.)
Sure, there’s some cartoonish elements (in the romance and revolutionary stuff), but you don’t really care as you consider the ideas presented (would a network of robot wielding remote doctors and nurse practitioners really work?) and laugh at Brooks’ running commentary.
-Shlok
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