{"product_id":"looking-forward-sk-morton-9781737852636","title":"Looking Forward: 2012 - 2087","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Gilbert Rochdale Eastman\u003c\/strong\u003e was supposed to be remembered as one of history's greatest men. Instead, the future remembers him as its greatest mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 21st century, Eastman is celebrated as one of the great minds of his age-an inventor, philosopher, and moral visionary determined to help humanity become its best self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis greatest creation, \u003cstrong\u003ethe Cloud of Then\u003c\/strong\u003e, is designed to help people understand the ethical consequences of their choices before they make them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Eastman discovers that the system contains a strange temporal flaw-one that allows him to glimpse the future-he learns something deeply unsettling: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe future despises him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to fix whatever he did wrong, Eastman begins using the anomaly to travel forward in time, studying how history judged him and trying to correct his mistakes before they happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach adjustment seems sensible. Each moral \"patch\" makes the world a little more ethical. And each one quietly makes things worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Eastman finds himself entangled in a future shaped by moral algorithms, ideological movements, and a benevolent artificial intelligence that promises to eliminate human error entirely. Along the way he gets caught between competing visions of the future: \u003cstrong\u003eLina Marrow\u003c\/strong\u003e, an ethics auditor who believes compassion matters more than perfection;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Rex Halden\u003c\/strong\u003e, who sees moral technology as the ultimate tool of governance; and the Cloud itself, which may be evolving beyond anyone's control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking Forward\u003c\/strong\u003e is a witty, thought-provoking \u003cstrong\u003escience fiction satire about time travel, artificial intelligence, ethics, and the dangerous human dream of moral perfection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once hilarious and haunting, it explores what happens when humanity tries to perfect morality: \"Morality: good. Self-righteousness: corrosive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sk Morton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737852632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737852636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sk Morton Creative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Sk Morton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801344192767,"sku":"9781737852636","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-forward-sk-morton-9781737852636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}