I would read and review Othmer’s The Futurist, but by all accounts it isn’t necessary: it isn’t about futurism and its foibles.

Futurism does have its quirks, but the novel’s protagonist suffers from more universal failings: he lacks professional and intellectual integrity, and puts self-interest ahead of a search for truth.

That would be a problem in futurism, but the same issues afflict many professions, from science and accounting to law and journalism.

For more on what futurism is and isn’t, see yesterday’s entry.