The Future

If you are concerned about the massive changes the world is just heading into, then you should read this book. If you aren’t, then you must read it. * Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web *
This is a great book. From political policy and economics to science and the most thorny ethical issues, Al Gore has stated the human condition forthrightly, fearlessly, and in easily understood language. And said what must be done. I asked myself halfway through who else could have written a book of this magnitude. The only answer I could imagine was Jefferson. * E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize *
I’m a pro-growth supply-side economist, so my admiration for Al Gore may seem like an oxymoron. It’s not. This book is amazingly rich in wisdom, practicality, and insight. Al Gore has a portfolio that warrants credibility and is an accomplished polymath who transcends ideology while turning our attention to big issues, big ideas, and big solutions. The Future frames the discussion whether you’re conservative, agnostic, or liberal. It’s a fascinating deep read. * Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D. *
Applying a formidable mix of history, science and common experience, Gore has produced a luminously intelligent analysis that is packed with arresting ideas and facts. … Summarising this rich and ambitious book in any detail is impossible. You simply have no alternative to reading it. * The Guardian *
Even these devotees of the long view will have much to learn from Gore’s book, a tour de force that no government can afford to ignore. * The Guardian *
Magisterial … The passion is unmistakable. So is the knowledge. Practically every page offers an illumination. * Bloomberg *
With an inquisitive and forensic mind, Al Gore addresses a fundamental truth, that the balance of power - in economics, in politics, and in our society - will experience extraordinary change in the coming decades, both in his country, and across the rest of the world. It is a book that looks beyond the immediate to the important forces that will shape our lives in the decades ahead. * Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary *

Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an independently owned cable and satellite non-fiction television network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing, and the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit philanthropy dedicated to solving the climate crisis. Gore is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a senior advisor to Google.

Gore was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982, and to the US Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

He is the author of the international bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Assault on Reason.

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