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As
The Future Catches You
By
Juan Enriquez
Crown Pub, 2001 - 256 pages
If you want to understand some of the "big
picture" issues in our society I strongly encourage you
to read this book. Peter Drucker's Management
Challenges for the 21st Century, The
Essential Drucker and Daniel Pink's Free
Agent Nation are two other good reads on a
knowledge-based economy.
While Mr. Enriquez spends most of the book talking about
genomics (his area of expertise and knowledge) and the
implications arising from developments in the area, he also
tries to illustrate the impact such discoveries might have on
the world economy in a very basic, easy-to-understand manner.
Mr. Enriquez does an excellent job in talking about the
importance of education and how the large differences among
certain geographic regions may lead to a larger divergence of
wealth in the next century.
In talking about genomics, Mr. Enriquez is quick to talk
about cloning and the moral and ethical issues that will arise
from such technology and how it will be EXTREMELY TOUGH to
policy this technology due to its rapid evolution and ability
to move into other countries borders. In the past the
evolution of public policy was adjusted with the technologies
but genomics is different in that we are talking about the
potential to create human life via cloning, which stirs up all
kinds of moral and social issues which affects politicians and
their voting constituencies.
The one thing I know is that genomics is revolutionizing
modern medicine as we breathe today. The new drugs, cures and
foods that will be created and these WILL have VERY PROFOUND
impacts on our standard of living in the next century and will
cause tons of social implications. This book is your entrance
into learning about genomics in a very easy to read book. I
highly recommend purchase of the book.
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