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Deep Future by Pablos Holman - Book Summary

4 min · 9 jul 2026
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“Building the Future: Why We Need Moonshots, Not Incremental Fixes” 👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here [https://app.7minutebooks.com/deep-future-by-pablos-holman] 📖 📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free [https://www.7minutebooks.com/deep-future-by-pablos-holman] Title: Deep Future Author: Pablos Holman Category: Technology & Innovation, Creativity in Business, Decision-Making & Critical Thinking, AI, Data & the Future What if we're using twentieth-century thinking to solve twenty-first-century problems? Sam and Sophie sit with that question from Pablos Holman's 'Deep Future' and why our biggest challenges demand radical, not incremental, solutions. They walk through Holman's moonshot framework: gene drives to eliminate malaria, carbon-sucking machines for climate change, and vertical farms to reinvent food production. The pair contrast the precautionary principle with Holman's proactionary principle—taking calculated risks instead of being paralyzed by fear. If you've ever felt that small fixes aren't enough for the scale of today's problems, this episode names the trap and offers a way out. The takeaway: the future isn't something that happens to us—it's something we build, every day, through the choices we make. Deep Future by Pablos Holman. If you want the full written summary, the whole library is on 7minutebooks.com/app — unlimited access from $2.99 a month, $9.99 a year, or $19.99 lifetime. CHAPTERS * 00:00 The Tyranny of the Present * 01:13 Moonshot Thinking and Gene Drives * 02:20 Climate and Carbon-Sucking Machines * 02:51 Vertical Farms and Abundance * 03:34 Takeaway: Asking 'What If?' #DeepFuture #PablosHolman #MoonshotThinking #Innovation #Technology #ClimateChange #GeneDrives #VerticalFarming #7MinuteBooks #BookSummaries #NonfictionPodcast #BigIdeas Want every summary in full? Read or listen to 6,000+ fiction and nonfiction titles in any language on 7minutebooks.com/app [https://7minutebooks.com/app] — unlimited access from $2.99/month, $9.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime.

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The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill - Book Summary

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