by Paul Mason (Author)
A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of Postcapitalism
How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we
now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A
collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted by
algorithms and A.I. anyway?
In Clear Bright Future, Paul
Mason calls for a radical, impassioned defence of the human being, our
universal rights and freedoms and our power to change the world around
us. Ranging from economics to Big Data, from neuroscience to the culture
wars, he draws from his on-the-ground reporting from mass protests in
Istanbul to riots in Washington, as well as his own childhood in an
English mining community, to show how the notion of humanity has become
eroded as never before.
In this book Paul Mason argues that we are
still capable - through language, innovation and co-operation - of
shaping our future. He offers a vision of humans as more than puppets,
customers or cogs in a machine. This work of radical optimism asks: Do
you want to be controlled? Or do you want something better?
