The Optimist's Telescope : Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age Suzanne Dean Joint winner of the Booker

Joint winner of the Booker Prize 2019

Strange meat-eating plants flop through the streets

Few venture as thou hast in the alarming paths of sin

and each muscle is shown in its relationship to the skeleton

The Optimist's Telescope : Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age Suzanne Dean Joint winner of the BookerA trailblazing exploration of how we can think more strategically about the future and make smarter choices in our own lives and in society. Many of us never learned or have forgotten how to make good decisions for the long run. In a world where immediate satisfaction is the norm, it's easy to avoid thinking ahead. Whether it's decisions about our health (our chronic overuse of antibiotics has triggered a shocking rise in superbugs that are resistant