The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the SciFi World We Were Promised
Discover the surprising case for how conservatism can help us achieve the epic scifi future we were promised.America was once the worlds dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from curing polio to landing on the Moon to creating the internet. And we were confident that more wonders lay just over the horizon: clean and infinite energy, a cure for cancer, computers and robots as humanitys great helpers, and space colonies. (Also, of course, flying cars.) Science fiction, from The Jetsons to Star Trek, would become fact.But as we moved into the late 20th century, we grew cautious, even cynical, about what the future held and our ability to shape it. Too many of us saw only the threats from rapid change. The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Great Downshift in technological progress and economic growth, followed by decades of economic stagnation, downsized dreams, and a popular culture fixated on catastrophe: AI that will take all our jobs if it doesnt kill us first, nuclear war, climate chaos, plague and the zombie apocalypse. We are now at risk of another halfcentury of making the same mistakes and pushing a proprogress future into the realm of impossibility.But American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economic policy expert and longtime CNBC contributor James Pethokoukis argues that theres still hope. We can absolutely turn things aroundif we the people choose to dream and act. How dare we delay or fail to deliver for ourselves and our children.With groundbreaking ideas and sharp analysis, Pethokoukis provides a detailed roadmap to a fantastic future filled with incredible progress and prosperity that is both optimistic and realistic. Through an exploration of culture, economics, and history, The Conservative Futurist tells the fascinating story of what went wrong in the past and what we need to do today to finally get it right. Using the latest economic research and policy analysis, as well as insights from top economists, historians, and technologists, Pethokoukis reveals that the failed futuristic visions of the past were totally possible. And they still are. If America is to fully recover from the COVID19 pandemic, take full advantage of emerging tech from generative AI to CRISPR to reusable rockets, and launch itself into a shining tomorrow, it must again become a fully risktaking, futureoriented society. Its time for America to embrace the future confidently, act boldly, and take that giant leap forward.
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Discover the surprising case for how conservatism can help us achieve the epic scifi future we were promised.America was once the worlds dream factory. We turned imagination into reality, from curing polio to landing on the Moon to creating the internet. And we were confident that more wonders lay just over the horizon: clean and infinite energy, a cure for cancer, computers and robots as humanitys great helpers, and space colonies. (Also, of course, flying cars.) Science fiction, from The Jetsons to Star Trek, would become fact.But as we moved into the late 20th century, we grew cautious, even cynical, about what the future held and our ability to shape it. Too many of us saw only the threats from rapid change. The year 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Great Downshift in technological progress and economic growth, followed by decades of economic stagnation, downsized dreams, and a popular culture fixated on catastrophe: AI that will take all our jobs if it doesnt kill us first, nuclear war, climate chaos, plague and the zombie apocalypse. We are now at risk of another halfcentury of making the same mistakes and pushing a proprogress future into the realm of impossibility.But American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economic policy expert and longtime CNBC contributor James Pethokoukis argues that theres still hope. We can absolutely turn things aroundif we the people choose to dream and act. How dare we delay or fail to deliver for ourselves and our children.With groundbreaking ideas and sharp analysis, Pethokoukis provides a detailed roadmap to a fantastic future filled with incredible progress and prosperity that is both optimistic and realistic. Through an exploration of culture, economics, and history, The Conservative Futurist tells the fascinating story of what went wrong in the past and what we need to do today to finally get it right. Using the latest economic research and policy analysis, as well as insights from top economists, historians, and technologists, Pethokoukis reveals that the failed futuristic visions of the past were totally possible. And they still are. If America is to fully recover from the COVID19 pandemic, take full advantage of emerging tech from generative AI to CRISPR to reusable rockets, and launch itself into a shining tomorrow, it must again become a fully risktaking, futureoriented society. Its time for America to embrace the future confidently, act boldly, and take that giant leap forward.
