This book did not turn out to be how I had imagined it would be. Maybe by looking at the title, maybe by looking at the cover, I was hoping for it to be a description of a future world achieved by technology, a future of abundance, of steps humanity might take to get there. Perhaps, I was hoping for a non-fiction version of Kim Stanley Robinson’s -The Ministry For The Future.

Instead, this book was a study of American politics, about liberalism, about how inventions occur, about how inventions are just the beginning, about how execution is what turns inventions into successful things society can use.

This book is also about political moments, and how they are independent of which party one actually belongs to. This book advocates for a future of abundance instead of scarcity, for building things swiftly, for inventing technologies needed to further the green movement and build a future that does not destroy humanity.

It left me feeling hopeful. We need more of this in this world. We need good things and hope for a better future.