Hope and the Future

This critically important book by one of our times’ most respected and original social thinkers addresses what legitimate hope for the future necessarily depends on. It describes how we face a growing number of challenges that require that we think, act, and relate in new ways—often fundamentally new ways. And it explores how effectively addressing those challenges will require not just fresh ideas, but a critical “growing up” as a species. It also looks at how when we are ready for them, needed changes can seem surprisingly straightforward, indeed, like common sense. Hope and the Future is an exploration of the “new common sense” on which our future depends. This second edition includes a new preface and additional examples that more specifically address unsettling events of the last four years.