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A Time Traveller ’s Guide to Changing the mankind
Rob Hopkins
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There are an infinite number of possible future that lie in the lead of us — like threads stretching out into the aloofness . Rob Hopkins , cofounder of the international Transition web movement , invites us to travel to future worlds we would in reality want to live in .
“ No one makes environmental optimism more credible or compelling than Rob Hopkins . Read this and do n’t cry . ”—Hugh Fearnley - Whittingstall , chef and campaignerIn 2020 , when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of daily liveliness , climate militant and Transition internet cofounder Rob Hopkins responded the manner a lot of hoi polloi did : by pop a podcast . But it was n’t any ordinary podcast . In each episode , Hopkins and his Guest would “ metre travel ” together to the year 2030 — walking down imagined succeeding streets , talking with imagined next neighbour , claver guess future local business . While Hopkins ’s guests came from all walks of life — economists , politician , bread maker , comedian , novelist and more — they all share a willingness to suspend their worries about the hereafter long enough to mentally inhabit and then describe a world they were thrilled to be a part of .
What Hopkins discovered was no less wakeless : this simple exercise of chatter a plus future push him to rethink the workplace he ’d been doing as a mood activist for decades .
How to accrue in Love with the Futureis the answer of that revolutionary hoo-hah — and Hopkins ’s deep dive into the masses and move throughout story who have used visions of the future to root on prescribed modification on a large and striking weighing machine . From the life and writings of player Sun Ra and the chronicle of Black utopian movements to the latest neuroscience on what travel on in our minds — and hearts — when we “ time travel , ” Hopkins bring substantive new thinking to anyone overwhelmed with dread and anxiety for the future . He take us to consider : what would the world expect like if we all get under one’s skin to work imagining — and then building — a world we were deeply in love with ?
“ Rob Hopkins is one of the Earth ’s great optimists . He really believes that things can get better , and , when he ’s around , they usually do . This account book will lift your spirits and give you Bob Hope . ”—Brian Eno , musician , producer and artist
“ Rob Hopkins puts imagination back at the essence of future - stargaze , offering us an irresistible invitation to woolgather bigger and then make those dreams a reality . ”—Kate Raworth , author ofDoughnut Economics
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