David Aston

FURTHER DETAILS

Future is an 8th edition of Darwin’s The descent of man in original John Murray binding (identical to the first edition of Origin of Species).

The book has been embossed with new front and back plates so that when it is displayed spine up it becomes a triptych depicting the transition from Origin of species - to a hypothetical Future of species - via The descent of man.

Placing the book spine up forces us to focus on this transition not Darwin ‘s historical content. It asks us to write our own answers to this hypothetical text and future. To fill in the gaps between our origin and our many possible futures. To consider the many scientific, technological, environmental and social evolutions since the 1850s, and how they might inform the decisions we make on our role in the future of species. Human futures, future of species diversity, and future of Artificial Intelligence, with a nod to Oracle’s human-level and super intelligence future prediction of 2050.