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Tomorrow's world: Comforting incrementalism

Journalist Hamish McRae's book predicting future events lacks novelty in the projections compared to some other publications

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Shreekant Sambrani
The World in 2050: How to think about the future
Author: Hamish McRae
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: xvi+372
Price: Rs 599


One could describe English journalist Hamish McRae’s book under review (first published in 2022, now in paperback) in many ways.  It could be compared to a detective novel (which has no surprises and whodunnit is known long before the end) a country gentleman might read sitting by the fireside with a goblet of brandy handy. Or to one of those old black-and-white films where the well-behaved lovers overcome some predictable roadblocks to live happily ever after. Or, stretching one’s imagination a bit, a travel agency

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