Review: Into the future: some things better, some things worse
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2011
To borrow a thought from the writer, in the future you'll be able to change your personal parts as easily as you change your pants.That's going to be fun and it's only one little thing that will be very different 40 years from right now. In "The Future According to Me," Rob Kutner gives us a heads-up on 35 of the "differencies" (as well as forecast what tomorrow will be like, he likes to make up words of the future) we might expect.Some things, Kutner says, will be better. As he foresees it, we've finally plugged that pesky ozone hole (with something like galactic spackle). We've found 16 and a quarter of the missing 18 and a half minutes of Nixon's audio tapes.Some things will be worse. We've beaten global warming but we've managed to overcompensate and now it's always kind of cold outside and the plants we eat don't like it. Perhaps worst of all we've extended life to the point that the Baby Boomers will probably never exit the stage. And then some things will just be a change. We have time travel and as a result AAA has updated its name to AAAA.I could go on, but you get the idea. Kutner gives us a pastiche of what he thinks is pending. It's a short read. It's cheap; you can download it and zip right through it. It's good for some laughs. Just don't be too critical and don't scrutinize things too closely. And don't take anything in it too seriously. "The Future According to Me" is cotton candy for the mind. Kutner predicts that it will be a Kindle best seller. As far as that goes, let's wait and see what the future holds.[3.5 stars]