On the Future: Prospects for Humanity

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691180441/on-the-future

by Martin Rees

Published:

10/16/2018

(From Introduction)

Our planet, this ‘pale blue dot’ in the cosmos, is a special place. 

It may be a unique place. And we are its stewards in an especially crucial era. 

That is an important message for all of us—and the theme of this book.

Is earth a unique place developing

a intelligent life and society 

in the galaxy and the universe ?