An Artist’s Quest Through the Past and Future
by MICHAEL E. ARTH
The Time Traveler is a flip book by polymath Michael E. Arth. From “The Past” side of the of the book can be read Arth’s memoir up to age 64. Flip the book over, and from the other side one can read his “memoir of the future,” where he looks back on the latter part of his life, as if written in 2031.
The Time Traveler will be available as an ebook and in print in 2026. The long version, comprising
six-volumes, will only be available as a limited edition art book and perhaps as an ebook at some future date.
The concept of combining a regression with a progression was inspired by a memoir and a fictional manuscript
Arth wrote in 1980 while living in Paris. Years later, Arth rediscovered the two manuscripts back-to-back in a
manila envelope, deep inside a battered old trunk that had been in storage. He was astonished to find that
nearly two dozen elements of the unfinished, fictional book about a character, much like himself, had not only
come true in his own life, but included hair-raising synchronicities connecting other major life events.
Arth’s experiences, as meticulously documented in this book, call into question the linearity of time and
beg for a scientific explanation that doesn’t claim mere chance or cognitive distortions. The
artist’s quest through the past, present, and future, to find knowledge, adventure, love, and justice,
begins on the personal level and progresses to include all of us. Join Arth’s journey through the
mysteries of life to gain a little more clarity of where we came from and where we will all be going.
The book raises many questions while answering others. How might Arth rise from obscurity to become president of the United States in 2028? What are the forces stirring in the middle of one of the darkest periods in recent history that makes him believe he can help America transition from a flawed democracy in 28th place on the Democracy Index in 2024 to being the #1 democracy in 2031? For all of its curious stories and speculation about the nature of the universe, The Time Traveler takes nothing on faith. Rather it is a blueprint for the future based on combining evidence with wisdom to nurture an equitable, sustainable world that benefits everyone.
Arth’s LOGOS is a crowd-sourced public policy wiki that will deliver clear, unbiased data and policy recommendations in a highly accessible manner. Something like this is essential to protect democracy and human values, as we negotiate how to manage superintelligent AI. LOGOS would be an independent, international, non-governmental wiki that no country can dismantle, but that all leaders would have to respect or face the wrath of the people.
The Time Traveler will also be available as two different, boxed, limited-editions containing Michael E. Arth’s original drawings. The single-volume edition, pictured above, will contain one original drawing. The complete six-volume, boxed edition will have six original drawings. The size of the editions will be strictly limited due to each volume containing Arth’s unique and original art. Please email mea@michaelarth.com to get on the waiting list. We will then contact you when it becomes available.
PREVIEWS
Preface, Introduction,
and the first chapter of The Time Traveler
What AI has to say about The Time Traveler
Chapter 6
- "The Age of Reason."
Chapter 21 - "An Artist's Life."
Chapter 24 - "The World in a Grain of Sand."
Chapter 25 -
"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Chapter 33 -
"Hollyweird"
Chapter 37 -
"King of The Castle"
Chapter 40.3
- “A Tale of Two Brothers”
“President Arth's 2028 Inaugural Address”
Read an outline of Arth's other forthcoming book, The Labors of Hercules: Modern Solutions to 12 Herculean Problems.