IS OUR WORLD COMING TO AN END?
PROGRESS TEMPTS US TO ASSUME THAT OUR WORLD WILL LAST INDEFINITELY.
BUT AS WE FACE A NEW MILLENNIUM, IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY APPARENT IT WON'T.
HURTLING TOWARD OBLIVION IS A GUIDED TOUR OF THE REALITIES THAT PRESENT A LOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR THE END OF OUR AGE. DR. SWENSON COMBINES THE TRENDS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, THE NATURE OF HUMANKIND, AND THE RAPID ADVANCE OF PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY IN A FASCINATING AND DISTURBING LOOK AT OUR MOST PROBABLE FUTURE. UNDERSTAND OUR DIRECTION AND WHY WE ARE HURTLING TOWARD OBLIVION.