Coming Within Minutes (Book)

Coming in Minutes, written by Keith Mansfield, is a work from the "Popular Science" and "Coming in Minutes" series. Presented under the subtitle 200 Concepts, Technologies and Consequences That Will Shape Our Future, the book examines what lies ahead for humanity through various phenomena and technologies.

The book focuses on how humanity will live, work, and entertain itself in the future. It explores questions such as which new technologies will be developed, whether humans will evolve (perhaps even achieve immortality), and whether threats exist capable of ending human civilization or the universe. The work also investigates the possibility of life in space, the role of robots in daily life, robot rights, how artificial intelligence will transform ways of living, and whether governance models will change (including the potential establishment of a global government).

The themes addressed in the book encompass 200 phenomena, discoveries, and developments. These include unmanned aerial vehicles, scarcity, the changing nature of war, cyber threats, the pursuit of immortality, organ cultivation, post-humans, artificial intelligence, threats to humanity, space travel, floating cities, mind merging, the fate of Earth and the universe, cryptocurrencies, humanoid robots, gene therapy, and planetary colonization.

As part of the "Coming in Minutes" series, the work presents its 200 phenomena, discoveries, and developments alongside 200 visual illustrations. The narrative addresses all aspects of the future in a concise and clear manner, framing them along the axis of utopia or catastrophe.