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02834aam a2200373 i 4500 001 7CD2FAC28FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 210409t20212021sa a b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1920033726 020 $a 9781920033729 035 $a (OCoLC)1256451479 040 $a L2U $b eng $e rda $c L2U $d OCLCQ $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OI@ $d OCLCQ $d X$@ $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a DT1978 $b .W66 2021 082 04 $a 968.07/5 $2 23 100 1 $a Woolman, Stu, $e author. 245 10 $a Wrecking ball : $b why permanent technological unemployment, a predictable pandemic and other wicked problems will end South Africa's experiment in inclusive democracy / $c Stu Woolman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Makhanda, South Africa : $b NISC (Pty) Ltd, $c 2021. 300 $a xviii, 402 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a Wrecking Ball explores, in an unprecedented manner, a decalogue of wicked problems that confronts humanity: Nuclear proliferation, climate change, pandemics, permanent technological unemployment, Orwellian public and private surveillance, social media that distorts reality, cyberwarfare, the fragmentation of democracies, the inability of nations to cabin private power, the failure of multinational institutions to promote collaboration and the deepening of autocratic rule in countries that have never known anything but extractive institutions. Collectively, or even severally, these wicked problems constitute crises that could end civilisation. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 8 $a The definition of wicked problems, repurposed -- PROLOGUE: Predicting SARS-CoV-2, pandemic mismanagement and how COVID-19 has accelerated permanent technological unemployment --?CHAPTER I: An exhalation -- CHAPTER II: Wicked problems defined and repurposed, problems of collective action distinguished, and the challenges that wicked problems pose to South Africa's not quite so inclusive democracy -- CHAPTER III: The wicked problem of permanent technological unemployment -- CHAPTER IV: The consequences of permanent technological unemployment for South Africa -- CHAPTER V: Conclusion -- 'Doing the best we can' -- EPILOGUE: Doubling down 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a Democracy $z South Africa. 650 7 $a Democracy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 0 $a South Africa $x Politics and government $y 21st century. 651 7 $a South Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204616 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Woolman, Stu. $t Wrecking ball. $d Makhanda : NISC (Pty) Ltd, [2021] $z 9781920033736 $w (OCoLC)1264297605 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015444.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7CD2FAC28FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search