The Ministry of the Future
- Published2020
- Read in 2021
- Genre Sci-fi/fantasy
Synopsis
In 2024, the Paris Agreement creates an office, un-officially called the ministry of the future. At little after that, and unrelated to the creation of the ministry, a heat wave strikes India and kills millions. It's a slow wake-up call for humanity and the books chart in a humane way everything that is done to counter climate change. Following the head of the ministry principally, but in a KSR way, follows the discussions, thoughts and notes of other participants.
My take
It's again a great book by KSR. It's the building of a credible Utopia and in a way that is believable. At the same time, the act of writing it makes it a bit a fantasy that the cynics will believe will never happened. It gives hope and destroys it at the same time, because all the initiatives are deemed good, but the initiatives most important in the book are complicated to replicate. I think I'll read it again though in not too long.