He says he’s not trying to predict exactly what might happen in the future, but instead offer a broad reminder that the present is not the finished portrait it might appear to be. Besides, he says, “We can’t be wrong: Everybody who reads this book will be dead by the time it comes true.”
In his new book, What If We’re Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, Chuck Klosterman wonders which ideas and concepts we have now will change in the coming centuries. At Vulture, Nate Jones discusses the book, and unveils its cover.
