The Future We Choose: 'Everyone should read this book' MATT HAIG

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This could be the most important wake-up call of our times.”—Professor Klaus Schwab, CEO World Economic Forum

Whats missing in this book is economics. Circular economy is mentioned in passing but the neoclassical theme is still there. Doughnut Economics for me was much more useful. Did any of the people who gave quoted for this book actually read it? The mention of a bomb on a subway stop at the 2015 Paris Agreement is not referenced and nowhere can I find information on it. Anyone who knows of an article, police report on it please share.

Who we understand ourselves to be determines the choice we will make. That choice determines what will become of us. The choice is both simple and complex, but above all it is urgent. The next decade will be the most consequential in human history. We are choosing between two utterly contrasting futures, one to be feared and the other to be proud of. This book presents three mindsets that are essential for making the wiser choice. We can do this.

The authors outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis headon, with determination and optimism. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us, in no uncertain terms, what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster.Tom Rivett-Carnac, have penned a book that shepherds climate activism from changing mental states to changing the world . . . the authors recommend a mindset for climate activism that rests on three attitudes: radical optimism, endless abundance and radical regeneration.”— Forbes Q9 . When a expert of any kind announces a knowledge he has achieved considering his prior knowledge and the evidence he observes – for examples a weather specialist who observes the radars and other data and comes to a conclusion considering his own knowledge- is it will or be going to we should use? Afterall, should we consider his announcement a neutral informing or a prediction of any kind?

Both 'will' and 'is going to' are possible here. 'is going to' suggests more intensity or personal engagement on the part of the speaker than 'will' does. In time clauses with words like when, after, until we often use present tense forms to talk about the future: More than ever, we are determined to play our part in ensuring our future is one that we deliberately choose, rather than one we stumble into blindly. In the first sentence, 'I won't call him' is speaking about a future time, for example, Wednesday morning. In the second sentence, Wednesday morning has already passed, so we speak about it with a past simple verb. We say 'would be working late' because it expresses a past belief about a future in the past, but 'didn't call him' is stated from the perspective of the present.A book that shepherds climate activism from changing mental states to changing the world. . . . Th e authors recommend a mindset for climate activism that rests on three attitudes: radical optimism, endless abundance, and radical regeneration.”— Forbes Humanities & Social Sciences > Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy I expect most people who read this book already do most of the recommended 10 actions such as challenge consumerism, plant trees, source their power from renewable energy,active on politics and eat less meat. Saying that I liked the ten actions. Thanks, that's very helpful. You've nailed it! I agree with every one of your assessments. Here are a few more comments in case they help. Something of a corrective to David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. The first chapter gives as bleak an outlook as that book, if we remain on our current course, but the next paints a future where we have acted and kept temperatures below 2C above pre-industrial levels. Not rose-tinted, but very positive.