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Author:

Kunstler, James Howard.

Title:

Too much magic : wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation / James Howard Kunstler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Atlantic Monthly Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

245 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Economic conditions--2009-
United States--Social conditions--21st century.
Technology--Social aspects--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9780802120304
080212030X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)778630896

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)