Book Review: 2030 by Mauro F. Guillén

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Book Review: 2030 by Mauro F. Guillén

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I really really enjoyed this book. It was explained very concisely without missing out on clarifications. Mauro F. Guillén consistently presents pros and cons, arguments and counter-arguments through the global trends prediction he discusses. It was really fascinating to read. Not that this matters to anyone (but to me, a literary student)…, I loved how Guillén used references to literary figures when embarking in new trends, hence, chapters. These quotes from famous novels and novelists – I think – illustrates the repetitive nature of mankind, a kind of behavioural pattern being juxtaposed. In this sense, the literary references (Beauvoir, Wilde, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, etc.) were illuminating in their relevance on the problems our society will still be facing in the next decade onward. Furthermore, I like the constant use of “lateral thinking” of facing these problems highlighted in the book. In a way of approaching a sideway look instead of a linear/vertical outlook. Resulting, in new views and new solutions to age old problems. And therefore, opening our eyes by thinking laterally. While doing so, we will consistently work/create/innovate according to our global trends and find solutions when the same problems take on different turns.

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” 

“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.” 

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