Next (Hindi)

Next, by Avi Jorisch, looks at the major challenges the world is about to face and the innovations that could help meet them. This is the Hindi edition.

The book profiles 13 innovators from around the world who are already working on these problems. Among them are Star Trek-loving inventors who 3D print in space, vegan researchers who rebuild the composition and chemical structure of meat in a laboratory, and scientists who treat serious human disorders by cutting and pasting genes the way you would edit letters in a document.

Jorisch presents these people and their ventures as the leading edge of what he calls Humanity 2.0, a moment when science, technology, innovation and development may change the course of our species. Each person or venture featured is described as having an outsized effect on human history, and together their stories hint at what the future might look like.

The tone is hopeful throughout, and the book closes on the idea captured by science fiction writer William Gibson: the future is already here, but it is not evenly distributed.