{"product_id":"they-tried-to-warn-us-ray-welling-9780648271123","title":"They Tried to Warn Us: Voices from the past ponder the world today","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey warned us. Not in slogans. Not in press releases. Not in Twitter threads or TED Talks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey warned us in books, essays, interviews, and thought experiments. They warned us with metaphors and manifestos, parables and polemics. And for the most part, we ignored them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about those voices. They came from across centuries and continents: poets, scientists, philosophers, engineers, journalists, prophets. Some were household names. Others were dismissed, marginalized, or forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat united them wasn't ideology or discipline, but vision. Each of them looked beyond the surface of their time - and saw the future rushing toward us. And then they tried to stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Premise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey Tried to Warn Us began as a podcast (which you can access at: https: \/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3IlsQV7KXuaseN1d3n7Hix). A thought experiment. What if we could bring back the thinkers who saw what was coming - and ask them what they make of our world today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Welling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648271129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648271123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clear as Mud Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Ray Welling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137190244607,"sku":"9780648271123","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57eb05d2-5efe-4931-8ec7-2ca80082aff1.jpg?v=1770167160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/they-tried-to-warn-us-ray-welling-9780648271123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}