Visions Of The Future In the early 1900’s , by the end of the Cold War people might have not been yet aware of the problems of the future. Robert Heilbroner (an Economist) became concerned about some of these problems. One of the main problems that Heilbroner raises about the future in his book Visions of the Future, is the fear in society created by science. Unlike in the book Candide, where Voltaire is optimistic , Heilbroner has a tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of what the future holds. In Heilbroner’s point of view, science and technology is slowly taking over the power of human kind. Heilbroner brings out the topic and his main concerns about the visions of the future. Still only one hundred years ago, people were blindly optimistic about science. All work and products were created by man. People were not so concerned about making their work more efficient,....

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