The purpose of the looking at the future...is to disturb the present!

Gaston Berger (1896-1960), francuski futurolog

Books of 2024–some old, some new

Not so much a ‘best of’ list as the books that are still resonating with me at the end of the year.
Link :
https://thenextwavefutures.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/books-of-2024-some-old-some-new-dan-davies-abby-innes-james-scott-georgina-voss/

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