After listening to the lecture on Future agenda in 2020 I had lots of contradictions in mind and postponed to comment on this book thinking that it was not that interesting. However, after reading some chosen chapters I was surprised at the fact that I liked it. I recommend everybody to read it, to think on it, to agree or disagree. You can’t read this book indifferently. It leaves the impression, sometimes confusion and it provokes to have your own perception about the future. I read the chapters about growth of religion, population, fertility, using less energy, education, less variety and most of the times I agreed. For example, it says that” there is a marked correlation between religion, health and happiness”. It is proved by various surveys that believers are happier than unbelievers.
“Fewer choices provide higher levels of satisfaction: people like to have lots of variety, but when faced with too many choices, we tend to vacillate and delay decisions. We may want thirty-one options instead of six, but we find it easier to choose one of six than one of thirty-one.” As my father used to say to my sister and me: If you had only one dress in your wardrobe you would never have a problem what to put on and would be happier (having no stress).
Another topic we come across once again is India’s and China’s reshaping the global economy. It says that “The days when the US set the pace in the consumer mindset are over and this is not going to change.”
We should always keep in mind, I think, that these predictions CAN BE (I don’t say ARE) true in case we don’t have wars, catastrophes or disasters. There are things in life which you can never guarantee.
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