2076 is a world we hope to live in, a protopia that is not perfect but that gets a bit better every day. 113-year-old Robin Goodwin is an autistic scientist and inventor who helped make this future possible. Robin's first-person memoir uses reflections and essays to frame a century's worth of anecdotes. These are the stories of one brilliant scientist's efforts to apply knowledge to enhance human flourishing."Robin Goodwin is a protagonist worth following: infuriating, visionary, genuinely funny in a bone-dry way, and possessed of a moral framework that is internally coherent even when it is externally questionable.""An absolutely fascinating, compelling, moral and epic science fiction story that stands out from anything I've read before." "A genuinely strange, generous, inventive book about what it means to build things that outlast you, and why some people simply cannot stop." "I actually feel a bit more positive about the potential of humanity's future - whereby maybe a small number of dedicated people really can change the world for the better (even against strong opposition)."Robin is frustrated when their revolutionary innovations are unappreciated, obstructed, or actively opposed by those Robin has been told to trust and obey. The possibilities for slowing or repairing the effects of climate change are obvious to Robin, but the authorities are oblivious or hostile. Robin has to make increasingly drastic choices between following the rules or following their own judgment. Despite working for the common good, Robin must learn to behave like an outlaw to stay alive and out of prison long enough to ensure these inventions can't be suppressed.
