---
title: 'My Top 5 Books about the "Future'
slug: 'my-top-5-books-about-the-future'
date: 2021-11-15
type: 'post'
status: 'published'
tags: ['faith', 'constant-contact-archive']
abstract: '. . .'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/my-top-5-books-about-the-future'
original_source: 'Constant Contact campaign'
supporting_files: []
---

. . . none are about the future

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---"The future equals history plus x to the nth."

- Jed Anderson, EnviroAI

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xis an unknown variable greater than 0

nis exponential growth ([now the case](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx27EMyliE5Unh91ZLexzRdWHz6sr7t0RT2yYU6dr__c82xlmktdVsk-zx9VrwaZertE7-S116qyYODNe9bQ3Wn9hW9SeZayJeRwj8c9_DSdMirT5PYlUQAvA==&c=&ch=))

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My Top 5 Books about the Future

None are about the future. All about the past.

History is the known in the above equation when trying to solve for x.

1. "[A Short History of Nearly Everything](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx2JL0dSXBu9jKD8Hdjx6Eguet4y2nFIfggHYUJzXsEldfG61HyolwNEPu3MQLBCYhA68PWSSYiGCxJeTFhOBNp4LBgHUX4Z_vX7lzXo8Qbku5WIsyNySR2BAR_-_uyaCTOAIs9___MxjdgNSFxLFcV05KOwQLBeI4YizvCpLmj860a8uDpjC7yiBjQggptm_qsSJU-eoNx-uvV5fVbYC767sxymXwfJOx3JX1Z65okc7685T4W2WNWmcLQ25_SAmEtVbJ7T7mXPBp-YOJl-ae7KeKFJs9Fm34zcSCkYTRDXyfhMnssnp_SH8rsBGORX2jvK0TL4xoWdP69WKISKbgESXCERANgzi_Q35jyAHYHLSBizsqxbHKnDv1vr0O86-mpdtCKO3WHWg2BfXppq0bkBgfLxx4j0Q3SRpnGcVCCso8NPm_vMX90DpioEGzZ7ZAp_88iSEhUsRSw3kXt93dVTuAp8ymrV28FeehEPpLvI9XYERb2KUDVfflgpMJ8w2a4p-PzvzzFTe6CzM_AyDn6CzAErdn2hCkmBaDwgKwPqTyJuYx7mo2rxxioSpwOXpniGJXrAru0fmGVM0rqjJlEnQ6DApCeCW3h6cxd-_KbqZyNl-m0aDVojRhZwvNEuR9mBXXBRM_BeXY0OalePte3mlzyCb3hOyj85jUi-hZNY4y8TAYhej4yYhoRRlfpaGG0mFHnHBmfa6JmmvGwMevJDkeSxJdtRHMwVA5x-z4nASEbDRiSIDL7Nl3j0UiTMIv2JT6pKDLsGSQ=&c=&ch=)", Bill Bryson
2. "[Cosmos](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx2T9rNYvXWXyxNFTarVJ44hhtfAm1133XVdc5NxpaVy8eijuo_8fJLnMyGUbEZ6X6JisFzLuKDd07kkiXSUhwVvxHSZ5IFZt7HYDMSW_F1VQxJSqIrWl2U5bh8zY8bADj8&c=&ch=)", Carl Sagan
3. "[A Short History of the World](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx2siVK843HMho978Mw4dw9fhcRauMGCB6Ugykf8SLza_k4WmWFD6vFstcuzNd6SJzVlrxEtqfEBQhnIX2jMj3BHzsOzLlwVFrlabFUBqBK4G1p3llsF-zLdigGN5WaQ2ZbiADS0KxgknUyNIVi3VJCSw==&c=&ch=)", J.M. Roberts
4. "[Sapiens](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx2Fr_Ctk8AQ-NT50iwehLNN1S9x7S7jJs8z7TUxSxRm1ifThKhWZjOGa6kus5yh61Hm4FDbq70cZV7O01_yjiVlRLMcvCnXi2CGjUSDsf6rFw3ImwgkSQzQwpRrMpURpLUNVQ_vPmncB8QVwT0QHSmH6v0OGP8r7lYLpzJ1L2GT1ybZDNqEur8ip17RT5DzCakmoRvxFYrEdzj1mRJezyiDqu36QY4uOzg7DSgX2sfFzC6jp8FecZbLcNx-S_ERHmwS8eV2a20tk2kUhSr3Xmb0vXPQHaFfX7JMHcu7gV6uV_3_l-K9w9YLq8DOaY_LCl0QaQriOLqye_qdA24XQm3JWRp8YRKeLe8JJz0ANzgiyghQHoFhA4JG4TtBfuyhDDdSbKG8s5xAKogaW4FsERAQKRZ4q6SRl9E3b6LZ5_mdAFipB_oWTwHmjO2N6nh3r0VDJaQ-PUfmbYk3RbjIWx4iskILzi_oA4aCGNI21D9aJ99LucKXxwv0toF0i60ZCPxO8B8ZT5wa2M=&c=&ch=)", Yuval Noah Harari
5. "[A Brief History of Time](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001PAXSUZgf7KJtqb0VjVWlye9X410VN-N8VU162OztFWNysJVasJLYx_0Q415PZyx2Y36myNCifrevkAbMDjhy7X5Y5YMbC_9ou5PfcPjeCTqHe508ViAhiKpcCjGwJ-GIH8llyJhJ6biax1fs_W3sGgC90IaBGgYJnFe_QgyfXCyHBAPzbOwf9NYiz9lK1DoKzynxBfijoRakp_RijjjASgtm59xDEW-KivbLJeOyQOZqdNCm2ruPG6XEhtd3pw2ZMZezCQEasx-znZOvxvBqjdVjkHstp0z-qQx_NURLQH09QcCdbs4xtA2HlCQCyV3BJEOQxEO82fJ4ca3r3FViwFxM0dVq7TBIQ_Wj-T62MGBdqrOO5QXk4onPdUr57LyXwwYJx7hFPJfmRQwS7ocm_Q4lIm0DOI3P5dCOQbUt7MEePUCuPM4Rm7Z7TsEgMMyz3M9x_twZqxFfsmF4QubsQpNefpDi6JWVi5uyfazSKg3RJ6UWa2DZwMKYJWsGdQCg-zM0SMXEmX1QRqeyO9EycfJg0Dp2nQ9a4XapFrJ7Zi4tvBoheCUpYIUMRK9IgCYXWTRFGkbjSxgvh5_SIqxwnRXQZ8mofRfkyS6zzv8THFIqyRUDeNMfz9OROIGpwSRaZR5hh4eepoxZyNUOJE9pNVVxG8MG6xXSJAhP5qCEcMs_vkb0ByAgPjCkritYQB54_i2jAtar5FPLnTfUHSudKIn8uHNzA0u3LjqRHBiTF0IqzpXMsgtuAFv0Tk52Kph5XuODrclA6MNT4UF9jH0PLDtnnIMqxnrw0g2HSNOeXHz6s9PJliRYS8Zt31qOdppF&c=&ch=)", Stephen Hawking

. . . See the historical data (information).

. . . See the patterns in the information.

. . . See the sequences, speed, and evolution of the patterns in the information.

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