Imagine it’s the year 2048…

How do you get around? What do you eat? How do you spend your time? How and what do you work? And beyond your own situation: What could this future look like? How is the economy organized? How can it be just, ecological and achievable – for everyone?

This book shows possible answers to these questions. In view of diverse crises – climate catastrophe, increasing inequality, economic crises – more and more people are embarking on the search for a completely different economic and social system. But what can this look like? Based on the results of twelve future workshops with almost 200 pioneering thinkers, Future for all presents a vision for the year 2048.

A Vision for 2048 creates images of a desirable future beyond capitalism that are viable and achievable, that stimulate critical debate, and inspire courage and hope. It’s a timely and essential read for anyone interested in the future of our planet and society. It encourages critical reflection on our current trajectory and invites readers to take an active role in shaping a future that prioritises equity and sustainability. In each chapter it poses a number of talking points that get to first principles on a topic, that are often completely ignored in 2024. 

The book opens with: “It can be difficult to imagine a positive future because our views are peppered with the problems of today’s society – the most prominent of which are social and global injustices, environmental destruction and an unequal distribution of power. Yet there is nothing inevitable about how we live today: our society is not a pure reflection of human nature, and we certainly are not destined to live the way we do.”

You can buy it online https://www.harvard.com/book/9781906948740 or you can download a FREE PFD HERE, though you might consider making a DONATION

“Capitalist realism is dispelled. Today it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism by 2048 than to imagine the end of the world.”
–Kohei Saito, Associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tokyo

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