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02452aam a2200481Ia 4500 001 33356A20D16711E18462FF946AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 111214s2012 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780802120304 020 $a 080212030X 035 $a (OCoLC)778630896 040 $a AZZPT $c AZZPT $d SILO $d CPL $d LEB $d CXP $d JTH $d BWX $d BKL $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a HC106.84 $b .K86 2012 082 4 $a 363 082 04 $a 303.4973 $2 23 100 1 $a Kunstler, James Howard. 245 1 $a Too much magic : $b wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation / $c James Howard Kunstler. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Atlantic Monthly Press, $c c2012. 300 $a 245 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Where we're at -- Farewell to the drive-in utopia -- Cities of the future : yesterday's tomorrow or tomorrow's yesterday? -- The dangers of techno-narcissism, or, Frankenstein release 2.0, how Ray Kurzweil's singularity aims to replace the old god with a new and improved version -- The futility of party politics in the long emergency -- Going broke the hard way : the end of Wall Street -- The energy specter : oil and gas, alternative energy, and waiting for Santa Claus -- Insults to the planet and the planet's reply -- Social relations and the dilemmas of difference -- Coda : a systematic misunderstanding of reality. 520 $a Offers predictions as to what technological advances will truly bring, in a sobering look at the future that dispels the overly optimistic vision of the future as depicted in 1950s pop culture. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 2009- 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Technology $x Social aspects $z United States. 941 $a 12 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430014951.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090931.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722033821.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110031312.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717023142.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20190328020349.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034046.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418091035.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826053136.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926015354.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20140131021626.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20120823010918.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=33356A20D16711E18462FF946AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search