Chris Rapley’s grasp of his subject is breathtaking: the concise elegance of his chain of thought, superb. But the overall effect of 2071 is that of a rather dry, if beautifully reasoned, lecture: and in a warm dark space, at the end of a long day, it is just as soporific as you would expect.

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