📚 3 Books mentioned in "Selects: How Futurology Works | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW" of Stuff You Should Know
Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: Selects: How Futurology Works | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Published on September 11, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Children of the Plague
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But back in I think the 1910s, writing, yeah, he wrote a book called Ralph 124C 41+ which predicted everything in this!
The hosts discuss Hugo Gernsback and his book Ralph 124C 41+, highlighting its numerous predictions. They also comment on the clever use of numbers and letters in the title.
Future shock
Buy Future shock by Alvin Toffler on Amazon
The one that I ran across in this article that I had heard of but didn't know anything about is Alvin Toffler's Future Shock. I remember that; I think, did you read it?
In this segment, the hosts discuss the book 'Future Shock' by Alvin Toffler. One of the hosts reflects on having heard of the book but admits to not knowing much about it, while the other host questions whether he has read it.
THE THERMONUCLEAR WAR
Buy THE THERMONUCLEAR WAR by Herman Kahn on Amazon
He wrote a book in 1961 called On Thermonuclear War, and then went on to form the Hudson Institute, where he basically was like, we are a group that is going to forecast the future.
In this segment, the hosts discuss the book 'On Thermonuclear War' written by Herman Kahn in 1961, highlighting that it was a significant influence on his establishment of the Hudson Institute.