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From a VICE magazine columnist, "a deeply entertaining - if occasionally horrifying" (Joshua Piven, coauthor of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook) look at how humanity is likely to weather such happenings as nuclear war, a global internet collapse, antibiotics shortages, and even immortality. If you live on planet Earth, youre probably scared of the future. How could you not be? Some of the worlds most stable democracies are looking pretty shaky. Technology is invading personal relationships and taking over jobs. Relations among the three superpowers - the US, China, and Russia - are growing more complicated and dangerous. A person watching the news has to wonder: Is it safe to go out there or not? Taking inspiration from his virally popular VICE column "How Scared Should I Be?", Mike Pearl games out many of the "could it really happen?" scenarios weve all speculated about, assigning a probability rating, and taking us through how it would unfold. He explores what would likely occur in dozens of possible scenarios - among them the final failure of antibiotics, the loss of the worlds marine life, a complete ban on guns in the US, and even contact with extraterrestrial life - and reports back from the future, providing a clear picture of how the world would look, feel, and even smell in each of these instances. For fans of such best sellers as What If? and The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, The Day It Finally Happens is about taking future events that we dont really understand and getting to know them in close detail. Pearls "well-researched speculations induce daydreams and nightmares and mark [him] as one of his generations most interesting writers" (Alec Ross, New York Times best-selling author) . PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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First time author. My book is called The Day It Finally Happens. Please read it.
