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Great collection of predictions for roughly next 100 years! Some of them are (granted) fairly wacky though

Readers that enjoyed this book will also enjoy Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography, The Age of Walls (also written by Tim Marshall), and James Kirchick's The End of Europe.

Well, this book is a fun thought exercise. I‘m not sure how many of these predictions will occur. I felt like the farther he went in the future, the looser the predictions were.

But honestly, I barely know a thing about geopolitics so I‘m woefully under qualified to give an much of an opinion. Either way, the book was fun if you think of it less as a prediction and more as pure speculation.

This seems fun!

1) Pink
2) Fall.... or Autumn if you‘re fancy
3) Dystopian Sci-Fi
4) Video Games
5) Trail Mix
6) Chocolate Milk
7) Bookmarks. I have like twenty.

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Really interesting book about how the world got to where it is now and where we could, potentially, go. I don't agree with every prediction but I found the section on space fascinating. The beginning of the book was really intriguing as it went through many countries histories, demographics and trends to establish some chance at making hypotheses. Good way to pass the time on my commute!

Another reason was so that if the Soviets were to nuke U.S. cities, we would still have a population left since the interstate highway system created suburban sprawl.

Friedman's future political projections are both plausible and fascinating--up until about two thirds of the way in. From there, it's pure conjecture. Still, this book is incrediby interesting. You'll want to read it every 10 years to see if any of his predictions have come true yet.

Rushing into battle may satisfy some urge, but managing the situation so that battles either won't occur or will be fought by others is a much better solution.

And here's a fact that should get you thinking: when Social Security set the retirement age at sixty-five, the average life expectancy for a male was sixty-one. It makes us realize how little Social Security was designed to pay out.

"...the prospect of a world still transfixed by a U.S.-jihadist war in 2020 is the least likely outcome. In fact, what is happening in the Islamic world ultimately will not matter a great deal. If we assume that the upward trajectory of U.S. Power remains intact, then 2020 should find the United States facing very different challenges." Such a fascinating book!!!