A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist

"A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist" by T. Baron Russell is a book that looks at what the future might hold through the lens of science and technology from when it was written in the early 1900s. Russell imagines how inventions and scientific breakthroughs that were made will shape morality and society for the better. The book starts with an optimistic view of all the progress made in the 1800s, anticipating that the next century will move even faster. It talks about how technology will not only change the world around us but also make us better people. Russell believes that as we invent new things, our morals will improve, changing how we think about subjects like war, population, and homes. The start of the book introduces a hopeful analysis of how innovation and what is right and wrong are connected, offering a bright view for the future.