The End of Coincidence: The Calculated Future - Couverture souple

Trick, Rick

 
9798198247598: The End of Coincidence: The Calculated Future

Synopsis

Why has humanity tried for thousands of years
to see the future?

From oracles and signs
to artificial intelligence,
statistics,
and modern predictive models,
an ancient longing runs through human history:
the desire to reduce the uncertainty of what is to come.

Today, the world is beginning
not merely to anticipate the future —
but to calculate it.

Diseases,
behavior,
crises,
wars,
and even human decisions
are increasingly becoming probabilities.

But what happens to hope,
freedom,
and the feeling of genuine openness
when the future slowly becomes visible?

A philosophical book
about prediction,
control,
uncertainty,
and the question
of whether humanity can remain truly human
without chance.

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