Future ON! - Jak zkrotit šelmy digitální džungle – Kartous Bob (2023)

The future raises concerns in a world of turbulent changes and uncertainties. Yet we hold it in our hands. Let's switch from Future OFF to Future ON! Bob Kartous follows up on his successful debut No Future and concludes the book with interviews with selected personalities. Together, they predict the future not in an esoteric way, but rationally. ***** Would you like to know your future? Probably yes. Many people literally long to learn something significant about their future. Esotericism is experiencing an unprecedented boom even in the 21st century, in an era of advanced scientific knowledge and technological progress. ***** Why? Because this era is not only significantly scientific and technological but also uncertain. Uncertainty is a state in which the future becomes hazy, unclear, and thus a poorly bearable notion. And with that, it is hard for us humans to live. ***** From an evolutionary perspective, there are still two ways to deal with such a state: either we try to escape from it or confront it. Under the pressure of uncertainty and the anxiety that arises from it, an increasing number of people perceive their lives as an 'escape game.' An escape into the past, into the unreality of the virtual, an escape from life. This is alarming. ***** The metaphorical Achilles of technological progress, meanwhile, races on, heedless of the consequences,…