Cover art for Clear Bright Future
Published
Penguin, May 2020
ISBN
9780141986722
Format
Softcover, 368 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.1cm

Clear Bright Future A Radical Defence of the Human Being: ARadical Defence of the Human Being

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How can we preserve our humanity in an age of uncertainty? This work of radical optimism from the bestselling author of Postcapitalism shows us how to reclaim our values

How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by algorithms and A.I. anyway?

In Clear Bright Future, Paul Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become eroded as never before.

In this book Paul Mason argues that we are still capable - through language, innovation and co-operation - of shaping our future. He offers a vision of humans as more than puppets, customers or cogs in a machine. This work of radical optimism asks- Do you want to be controlled? Or do you want something better?

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