[tticvs]

KSR is a good prose writer but I found The Ministry of the Future to be full of extremely unconvincing scenarios and I don't think you should let it inform your worldview. It's just a story written by someone who does not really know what they're talking about.

[gonzo41]

The Ministry of the Future. Chapter 1. is super accurate. That will happen in our lifetime. Learn about wetbulb temperatures.

[tticvs]

No it is not "super accurate" it's a dramatic fictionalization designed to get you emotionally hooked into the book and convey the author's message.

It's indistinguishable from propaganda.

[jokoon]

actually KSR writes hard scifi, so he does do his research before writing

[nradov]

Actually it turns out that doing "research" doesn't help much in making long-term predictions about how human societies will react to novel events.