Physics, biology and the unnecessary complication of life
Prem asks whether problems that appear politically insoluble become simpler when examined through physics, biology, evolution and history. He connects daily life to changes over the next two or three generations, then distinguishes that horizon from much more speculative possibilities such as human diversification and settlement beyond Earth.
International discussion circle
A Japanese physicist; a Kenyan evolutionary biologist; a Brazilian systems ecologist; a German historian of technology; an Indian space-systems researcher. These are proposed fictional roles, not named real guests.
The economic conclusion
If healthy life expands, how do work, medical funding, retirement and political priorities change? If production becomes radically easier, what still makes people poor?
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