The Future is Wild: A Natural History of the Future years from now. However, the most fascinating aspect of this book is how the authors draw on knowledge of the past to construct a picture of the future. This logical link between the known past and the mysterious future pushes our imagination to its limits, without exceeding the limits of our reasoning and logic. The book begins by briefly explaining the history of planet Earth and frequent patterns of evolution in order to prepare the readers' minds, then it smoothly shifts five, one hundred, and two hundred million years into the future. During these leaps, many changes occur as completely new species evolve while others become extinct. Furthermore, the shape of the continents keeps changing until they all form another landmass, as they did in the distant past. It is truly remarkable how Earth had a supercontinent in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic about 250 million years ago, then split into several smaller continents, and after that, 200 million years later , these several continents came together again to form another. supercontinent. It's as if history is repeating itself but now gives new species a chance to conquer the planet. Another interesting, but sad, piece of evidence regarding planet Earth is that the human era we live in is actually part of a ten thousand year in hundred thousand year heat wave of what they call a cycle glacial of an ice age. This is interesting because it indicates that no matter what humans do, this interglacial period is only temporary and that it is scientifically impossible to prevent the planet from being largely covered by ice over the next five years. millions of years to come. This fact alone is enough to motivate humans to try to find other habitable planets in order to save themselves from extinction. What I really disagree with about this book is: The Future is Wild assumes that the human era will provocatively end in a period of mass extinction resulting from a combination of human influence and natural phenomena. With this statement, the book eliminates any possibility of surviving the ice age..

Essay / The Future is Wild: A Natural History of the Future years from now. However, the most fascinating aspect of this book is how the authors draw on knowledge of the past to construct a picture of the future. This logical link between the known past and the mysterious future pushes our imagination to its limits, without exceeding the limits of our reasoning and logic. The book begins by briefly explaining the history of planet Earth and frequent patterns of evolution in order to prepare the readers' minds, then it smoothly shifts five, one hundred, and two hundred million years into the future. During these leaps, many changes occur as completely new species evolve while others become extinct. Furthermore, the shape of the continents keeps changing until they all form another landmass, as they did in the distant past. It is truly remarkable how Earth had a supercontinent in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic about 250 million years ago, then split into several smaller continents, and after that, 200 million years later , these several continents came together again to form another. supercontinent. It's as if history is repeating itself but now gives new species a chance to conquer the planet. Another interesting, but sad, piece of evidence regarding planet Earth is that the human era we live in is actually part of a ten thousand year in hundred thousand year heat wave of what they call a cycle glacial of an ice age. This is interesting because it indicates that no matter what humans do, this interglacial period is only temporary and that it is scientifically impossible to prevent the planet from being largely covered by ice over the next five years. millions of years to come. This fact alone is enough to motivate humans to try to find other habitable planets in order to save themselves from extinction. What I really disagree with about this book is: The Future is Wild assumes that the human era will provocatively end in a period of mass extinction resulting from a combination of human influence and natural phenomena. With this statement, the book eliminates any possibility of surviving the ice age..

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