November 9, 2016 - 15:05
I was reading the book while watching the election; the first reaction was, well, very precise recount on history, but missed an important event: when the US citizens (very likely to be the ones who denied the existence of climate change) elected Trump as their 45th president, Trump withdrawed US from the 1992 Climage Convention, ignored the Carbon cap for US and thereby fastened the climate change. These from the perspective of now have not happened yet, but are very likely to happen, seeing how ignorant Trump's policies in general are.
But these are just some complains. When I continued reading the book, I noticed the author imagined the future science as a combination of hard science and social science. The book also criticized how experts "specialize" on their subjects, saying they are missing the big picture. I completely agree with such a view. Science is always interconnected, one can never look at biology without chemistry or physics or math or sociology. It is always important to form to ability to look at the entire picture, which is why people should take liberal arts education.
Another thought I had was, is climate change intensifying the global political climate as well? 2016 has not been a great year for politicians.