But What If We're Wrong? is a book of original, reported, interconnected pieces, which speculate on the likelihood that many universally accepted, deeply ingrained cultural and scientific beliefs will someday seem absurd. Covering a spectrum of objective and subjective topics, the book attempts to visualize present-day society the way it will be viewed in a distant future. Klosterman cites original interviews with a wide variety of thinkers and experts -- including George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Alex Ross, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Diaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Dan Carlin, Nick Bostrom, and Richard Linklater. Klosterman asks straightforward questions that are profound in their simplicity, and the answers he explores and integrates with his own analysis generate the most thought-provoking and propulsive book of his career.


本書為作者採訪多位重量級人士後的精心原創之作，也是一個自我內心深處對話的過程，與多方會談後，作者與受訪者英雄所見略同，創作出相互呼應的作品。本書旨在探索今日為眾人所接受、根深蒂固的文化信仰和科學理念，可能在未來變得荒謬。書中探討的範圍包括客觀主題及主觀主題，作者設想未來世人如何評斷現今的世界。他更在書中引用與各領域思想家和專家的訪談，包括作家喬治．桑德斯、音樂家大衛．拜恩、小說家喬納森．列瑟、畫家亞歷克斯．蘿絲、作者兼新聞工作者凱薩琳．舒茲、天文學家尼爾．德葛拉司．泰森、理論物理學家布萊恩．葛林、作家朱諾特．迪亞茲、作家亞曼達．佩魯斯契、創作歌手萊恩．亞當斯、新聞工作者丹．卡林、作家兼哲學家尼克．伯斯特隆姆和電影導演李察．林克雷特。作者提出的問題，簡單明瞭卻意味深遠，他探求出的答案，結合他的分析，使得此書成為作者諸多著作中，最發人省思的作品。