{"product_id":"the-future-and-why-we-should-avoid-it-killer-robots-the-apocalypse-and-other-topics-of-mild-concern-paperback","title":"The Future and Why We Should Avoid It: Killer Robots, the Apocalypse and Other Topics of Mild Concern - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Feschuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future holds many unknowns: advances in medical technology, increased airport security and critical new inventions like sentient, polygraph-enabled, wireless toasters. Luckily, \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Scott Feschuk has written a survival guide -- part how-to manual, part product guide, part apocalypse analysis and part sardonic observation -- to help us navigate these troubled times. Or at least make us laugh while we try. \u003ci\u003eThe Future and Why We Should Avoid It\u003c\/i\u003e envisions the daunting, depressing era we have to look forward to with the best of Feschuk's musings on aging, death, technology, inventions, health and leisure. Combining quizzes, voiceovers and speeches, and employing snark, innuendo, toilet humor and shameless mockery -- because how else do you cope with the fact that one day you will die? -- Feschuk contemplates the fate of humanity and the planet in the upcoming years, poking fun, provoking thought and dredging up silver linings in even the darkest forecasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Feschuk\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eSearching For Michael Jackson's Nose\u003c\/i\u003e (McClelland Stewart, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eHow Not to Completely Suck as a New Parent\u003c\/i\u003e (McClelland Stewart, 2004, with Paul Mather). He is the two-time winner of the Gold Award for Humour at the National Magazine Awards and has written for \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSportsnet\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Hour Has 22 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. Feschuk was also chief speechwriter for former Prime Minister Paul Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47522437365981,"sku":"9781771620338","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/nDs9FV0Ie59781771620338.webp?v=1772280708","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-future-and-why-we-should-avoid-it-killer-robots-the-apocalypse-and-other-topics-of-mild-concern-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}