Having recorded a number of excerpts from my upcoming book Future Rising for for a potential blurb writer, I thought it might be interesting to post them here.
I won’t be recording the audiobook when it comes out, and as you can tell from these, I’m not a great voice actor. But the recording below does give a nice overview of the book, and where it takes the reader.
Feel free to download this — and if you enjoy it, please share it with others. And a reminder that the book is out on June 16, but can be pre-ordered now!
Also, if you’re interested, here’s the full content outline for the book, and the time points for the sections in the audio clip above:
| SECTION | TIME |
| FOREWORD | |
| INTRODUCTION | 00:00 |
| PART 1 – A JOURNEY INTO THE PAST | 04:53 |
| 1. EARTHRISE | 05:07 |
| 2. ORIGINS | 08:31 |
| 3. LIGHT | |
| 4. MOVEMENT | |
| 5. TIME | |
| 6. ENTROPY | |
| 7. EMERGENCE | |
| 8. EVOLUTION | 11:29 |
| 9. ANTICIPATION | |
| 10. INSTINCT | |
| 11. CAUSALITY | |
| 12. MEMORY | |
| 13. LEARNING | |
| 14. INTENTIONALITY | |
| 15. INTELLIGENCE | |
| 16. KNOWLEDGE | |
| 17. REASON | 14:18 |
| PART II – UNIQUELY HUMAN | 17:33 |
| 18. FEELINGS | 17:43 |
| 19. FAITH | 21:03 |
| 20. IMAGINATION | 25:37 |
| 21. CURIOSITY | |
| 22. CREATIVITY | |
| 23. ART | |
| 24. FEAR | 28:34 |
| 25. LOSS | |
| 26. DESPAIR | |
| 27. POSSIBILITY | |
| 28. HOPE | 32:08 |
| 29. STORIES | |
| 30. INVENTION | |
| 31. INNOVATION | |
| 32. DESIGN | |
| PART III – BUILDING THE FUTURE | |
| 33. TRANSFORMATION | |
| 34. ACCELERATION | |
| 35. TRANSCENDENCE | |
| 36. SINGULARITY | |
| 37. SIMULATION | |
| 38. HACK | |
| 39. COMPLEXITY | |
| 40. HUBRIS | 35:07 |
| 41. DELUSION | |
| 42. PERCEPTION | |
| 43. DECEPTION | |
| 44. THREAT | |
| 45. BLINDSIDE | |
| 46. CHANGE | |
| PART IV – THE EDGE OF TOMORROW | |
| 47. RESTRAINT | |
| 48. BOUNDARIES | |
| 49. CATACLYSM | |
| 50. OUTWARD | |
| 51. LIFE | |
| 52. RE-CREATION | |
| 53. HUMANITY | 39:07 |
| 54. MEANING | |
| 55. MORALITY | |
| 56. ETHICS | |
| 57. EMPATHY | |
| 58. RESPONSIBILITY | |
| 59. STEWARDSHIP | 43:58 |
| 60. FUTURERISE | 47:18 |
| AFTERWORD |
