What Is Your Dangerous Idea

Not all ideas are for positive, constructive change. Some ideas are controversial, unpalatable, even disturbing. As Steven Pinker points out, many discoveries in the history of science were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time; and many ideas that resonate today are dangerous too, not because they are assumed to be false, but because they might - just - turn out to be true.
Featuring such luminaries as Jared Diamond, Sir Martin Rees, Brian Greene and Matt Ridley, this collection covers a huge range of topics, from perennial concerns about the afterlife' to the future of democracy and the very nature of reality. As compelling and easily digestible as its predecessor, What We Believe But Cannot Prove, this new compendium is a fascinating insight into the deepest concerns of some of the most brilliant minds alive today.