As The Future Catches You: How Genomics And Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health &am...
You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unpr...
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Apr 19, 2010
Matthew
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This interesting (if dated) work offers a decade-old justification for the value of the natural sciences to our future. To say it's an unconventional book may turn out to be a bit of an understatement. (I'm immensely thankful that "omitting the narrative" never caught on more broadly in the publishing industry.) I'll say merely that Enriquez does an adequate job filling 225 pages with "tweets" of a sort - essentially bulleted facts and figures in defense of his broader theses
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Oct 04, 2011
Henri
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As I first time scanned through As The Future Catches You by Juan Enriquez, I knew it would be something totally different. Typography of the book looked strange with lots of different font sizes and lots of free spaces throughout the book. Even I was prepared, book was able to surprise me.
Book turned out to be arrogant, irritating and controversial prophecy of how the future will turn out. I have to say I hated the book many times, and I almost quit the book in half way. There was More...
Book turned out to be arrogant, irritating and controversial prophecy of how the future will turn out. I have to say I hated the book many times, and I almost quit the book in half way. There was More...
Nov 06, 2008
Tyler
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4 stars to the quality of the ideas presented in the book, 2 stars for the ridiculous "writing style" the author employed. Personally, i felt like i was being talked down to the entire time; does Enriquez really feel that unless he capitalized, italicized, and underlined every significant point (which, one would be led to believe, is in almost every single sentence) his readers would be left clueless? Come on, trust us a little bit. It actually reminded me of writing essays in high sch
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Oct 03, 2007
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Digital Code ซึ่งประกอบไปด้วย Code 0-1-0-1 … แต่สามารถสร้างสรรข้อมูล ข่าวสาร และสิ่งต่างๆ บนโลกนี้ได้มากมาย ไม่ว่าจะเป็นรถยนต์, Computer, TV, Music และทำให้ประเทศเล็กๆ เช่น ไต้หวัน, ฟินแลนด์, สิงคโปร์ ร่ำรวยอย่างมหาศาล เป็นเพราะประเทศเหล่านี้เข้าใจ "Change" แ More...
Jan 31, 2009
Josh
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The level of a nation's dominance in the world is proportionate to the level of education of its people. A great snipit book that tries to bring attention to the next world changing science, genomics. Genomics will have a similar effect on the world the way the industrial revolution and computers did. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the differences between developed and developing nations.
Sep 23, 2009
Nicolas
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Datos útiles, interpretación clara. La presentación del libro (entre el diseño de un poemario y "The Medium is the Massage") pretende ser amena y dinámica sin conseguirlo. Son más recomendables las colaboraciones de Juan Enriquez para revistas y diarios. Ejemplo: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.p...
Feb 10, 2010
Dave
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This is not meant to be read cover to cover, but it does contain some interesting thoughts on why countries are rich and others poor, the computer, and so on. Most intriguing to me is his assertion that genetics and programming - the language of ACTG and 1,0 are the 'languages' of the future.
Jan 19, 2009
George
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Nothing spectacular about this book. Just a lot of nonsense. A few years latter, Venter is downsizing his Institute and has not come even close to the financial level of Bill Gates. This book is a good front for Juan's lectures and company, but aside from that is a flop.
Oct 25, 2010
Fabiola
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I read this book ten years ago, and I quite felt as if I was reading a sci-fi book. Now I know that genomics is changing the world and our daily lifes. And that what Juan Enriquez shared in that book is not fiction, but a shocking reality.
Jan 07, 2011
Vijaykumar
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an excellent read. Just cant believe the kind of statistics Juan has incorporated in this book. Moreover this seems to be a good experiment on new way of composing books.
Really great read.....
Vijay
Really great read.....
Vijay
Sep 08, 2007
Nicko
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Technology and knowledge turbocharge economic growth.
In a borderless world....
Those who do not educate.......
And keep their citizenry.....
Will lose most intellectual wars.
The US has gotten lazy in this area. It prefers to import brains rather then generating them in its highschools.
The U.S. patent application rate fueled by Chinese, Nigerian, and Indian intellectual mercenaries is a result of this.
As a developing country you ca More...
In a borderless world....
Those who do not educate.......
And keep their citizenry.....
Will lose most intellectual wars.
The US has gotten lazy in this area. It prefers to import brains rather then generating them in its highschools.
The U.S. patent application rate fueled by Chinese, Nigerian, and Indian intellectual mercenaries is a result of this.
As a developing country you ca More...
Aug 17, 2008
Melissa
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This book blew me away!! I had no idea how scarily futuristic genetic science is these days. I tried to talk to friends and family about the things I learned in this book and people just shrugged like, "oh well." I finally stopped because no one seems interested and therein lies the problem. Most people are not extrmemely science literate and discussions of science and genetics are a bit frightening. These experiments have huge implications and ethical concerns and we all should be mor
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Jan 20, 2011
Brent
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I loved the book. But, like many books I read with a science theme, I find myself disagreeing with some of the applications/conclusions drawn by the author.
The author shares a lot of valuable and thought-provoking information; however, I certainly do not believe that I need to re-think my religious beliefs in light of science.
There is nothing that a scientist can come up with that God didn't put into motion many, many years ago.
The author shares a lot of valuable and thought-provoking information; however, I certainly do not believe that I need to re-think my religious beliefs in light of science.
There is nothing that a scientist can come up with that God didn't put into motion many, many years ago.
Feb 14, 2008
Paul
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An excellent read and a tretise on the state of America's "knowledge economy", the potential it holds and the direction it may head if we neglect our intellectual capital. Examined through the lens of the genonics revolution, the author suggests that those societies who commit to economies based on intellectual horsepower are destined to signifcantly outpace those who do not.
Jan 27, 2008
Nick
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An excellent, easy to read review of some of the coolest things that our amazing technology driven culture is currently cooking up that will have a profound impact on our lives in the next 20 years. Enriquez does a great job of making complex concepts easy to understand and also of placing them in the right context so you can see what the impact of his theories will be.
Aug 26, 2008
Jack
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Interesting, but not terribly enticing as prose goes. I like complete sentences, come to think of it.
As the Future Catches You really makes you stop and question some of the basic notions about wealth and how it is generated. It would be pretty interesting to see how some of the predictions in the book have played out, now that it is nearly a decade old.
Jul 24, 2011
Elinor
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Reading this book was like reading Twitter... for 300 pages. Interesting facts, but the format of the so-called book drove this reader crazy.
Nov 03, 2010
Eric
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Extremely interesting ideas. Terribly written book.
There were a lot of fascinating ideas, trends, and statistics, but nothing was really explained or expanded. The set-up of the text was a little patronizing. I am able to read full sentences and paragraphs without losing interest.
There were a lot of fascinating ideas, trends, and statistics, but nothing was really explained or expanded. The set-up of the text was a little patronizing. I am able to read full sentences and paragraphs without losing interest.
Oct 06, 2007
This is a book that Thailand's ex-priminister, Dr. Taksin Shinnawatara, recommended us - Thai people. In the book, you will learn how this many technologies affect you life and work. Some technologies seem to be so far away from us, but we never realize that they are so powerful.
Sep 20, 2007
Mike
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A glimpse into the future from someone passionate and knowledgeable about where we are headed. You'll be surprised about what we already know and how it is being used, much less what we are learning.
Dec 17, 2009
Kris Wijoyo
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gw dapet ni buku dalem bentuk fotokopian...bukunya bagus banget ngebangkitin inspirasi gw untuk ngegerakin temen2 buat cinta sama ilmu pengetahuan...tapi ni buku terlalu pake nalar ampe gw pusing...hehehehe
Jun 20, 2007
Richard
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Some people seem to struggle with this book but I found it to be on of the most facination books I have ever read. I clearly showed me the path of the future and how many people are avoiding that path.
Dec 16, 2009
Ron
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Great book and a clever read. If you enjoyed The World is Flat by Freidman, you will really enjoy this book. Future-thinking and concise. Excellent read and very provocative.
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