“Rowan Hooper shows that the world's most intractable problems might not actually be intractable, if we just devoted the resources to solving them.
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars is a fascinating, thought-provoking work.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert, journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
The Sixth Extinction Acclaim from the UK “Will someone just give Rowan Hooper a mere trillion dollars and let him, very sensibly, save the world?”
—Caitlin Moran “In a world of doom-scrolling, trembling on the brink of causing a mass extinction event that will devastate civilization, it's crucially important to point out that we already have the abilities needed not only to avoid catastrophe, but to thrive. That's what Hooper does in fascinating and exciting detail.”
—Kim Stanley Robinson “At a moment when science is proving it can solve the most urgent of problems—given the right funding—Rowan Hooper says a very interesting question. How much would it cost to solve all the world's other problems? . . . Like any good game, this is deadly serious. What starts off seeming absurd ends up feeling obvious. Why wouldn't we invest in our future? As Hooper, 'The world is full of extraordinary opportunities, and the vast majority are never fulfilled.'”
—James McConnachie, Sunday Times --This text refers to an alternate
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Rowan Hooper is managing editor of
New Scientist magazine, where he writes about all aspects of science, from the nature of dreams to life in the multiverse. After gaining a PhD in evolutionary biology, he worked in Japan studying dragonflies, then held a fellowship at Trinity College Dublin working in a physics lab and as writer-in-residence. He is the author of
Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability. He lives in London. --This text refers to an alternate
kindle_edition edition.
