Positive Futurist Reading Suggestions
John Brockman
The Next 50 Years – Science in the first half of the
21st century
Jane Buckingham
What's next? – Predictions from 50 of America's most
compelling people
Bill Frank
Forever Young – 100 age-erasing techniques
Joel Garreau
Radical Evolution – The promise and peril of enhancing
our mind and bodies
Jerome Glenn
Future Mind – Artificial Intelligence
William E. Halal
Technology's Promise – The Transformation of Business
and Society
J. Storrs Hall
NanoFuture – What's next for nanotechnology?
Beyond AI – Creating the conscience of the machine
Jeff Hawkins
ON Intelligence – How understanding the brain will lead
to intelligent machines
Douglas Hofstadter
I Am a Strange Loop – What do we mean when we say I?
Michio Kaku
Parallel Worlds – Creation, higher dimensions, and the
future of the cosmos
Physics of the Impossible – Phasers, force fields,
teleportation, and time travel
Ray Kurzweil
Are We Spiritual Machines? – Kurzweil vs. the Critics
of Strong A.I.
Fantastic Voyage – Live long enough to live forever
The Singularity is near – When humans transcend biology
Transcend – Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
Ellen J. Langer
Counter Clockwise – Mindful Health and the Power of
Possibility
Ramez Nam
More than Human – Embracing the promise of biological
enhancement
Ted Sargent
The Dance of Molecules – How nanotechnology is changing
our lives
Paul Steinhardt
The Endless Universe – Beyond the big bang
Adam Zeman
A Portrait of the Brain: From the Atom to the Mind