Richard Pound
Coming soon
The Quarter Century Review
A Civilisational Checkpoint for 2000-2025, and the Road to 2050
A civilisational checkpoint for 2000-2025 and a roadmap to 2050.
About this book
2025 is more than a date. It is a civilisational checkpoint.
Twenty-five years after the dawn of the new millennium, and twenty-five years before 2050, humanity stands at a rare point of reflection. The Quarter-Century Review asks the questions that usually go unasked: What did we truly improve? What quietly worsened while we were distracted? What did we build without fully understanding the cost? And what must change now if the next twenty-five years are to be wiser than the last?
Blending philosophy, civic reflection, and long-horizon thinking, Richard Pound examines the forces that shaped 2000-2025: technology, climate, work, health, education, inequality, democracy, and the future of human priorities. He introduces the QCR framework as a call for public accountability, collective review, and a more mature vision of progress.
This is not a book of nostalgia. It is a challenge to rethink what progress is for.
If the first quarter of the century was defined by acceleration, the next will be defined by consequence.
What it explores
- 2000-2025 as a mirror and a hinge point toward 2050
- Technology, climate, work, health, education, inequality, democracy, and human priorities
- The QCR framework: public accountability, collective review, and a mature view of progress
- What improved, what quietly worsened, and what must change next
Who it is for
- Readers who want big-picture civic and ethical questions without slogans or panic
- People tracking technology, climate, work, democracy, and inequality over the long arc
- Anyone who believes the next twenty-five years should be chosen, not drifted into
Inside the book
- Long-horizon essays you can revisit as the decade unfolds
- Plain-language civic and philosophical reflection tied to real forces, not headlines only
- A structured way to ask unasked questions before the feed buries them
By the end
- A clearer read on what the first quarter-century actually rewarded and what it cost
- Language for collective review instead of only private opinion
- A steadier sense of what “progress” should mean in the decades ahead
“This is not a book of nostalgia. It is a challenge to rethink what progress is for.”
A note from Richard
The Quarter-Century Review began as an idea on this site: that some questions deserve a recurring public lens, not a single news cycle. The book widens that lens with room for evidence, doubt, and consequence. Publication details will appear here when they are firm.
Questions
- When will The Quarter Century Review be available?
- It is in preparation. This page will be updated with preorder or release details when they are ready. You can also watch the blog for related essays in the meantime.
- Is this the same idea as the QCR article on the blog?
- Yes. The book grows out of that line of thinking: civic ritual, ethical scoreboards, and long-horizon priorities that deserve more than a single news cycle.
- Will it be on Amazon?
- Release formats will be announced when the title is ready. Amazon is the likely channel for print and ebook, consistent with the other books listed here.