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Author:

Cribb, Julian, author.

Title:

Surviving the 21st century : humanity's ten great challenges and how we can overcome them / Julian Cribb.

Publisher:

Springer,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Global environmental change--Forecasting.
Human ecology--Forecasting.
Economic forecasting.
Social prediction.
Technological forecasting.
Social problems--Forecasting.
Environmental ethics.
Vingt et unième siècle--Prévisions.
Changement global (Environnement)--Prévision.
Écologie humaine--Prévision.
Prévision économique.
Prévision sociale.
Prévision technologique.
Problèmes sociaux--Prévision.
Éthique de l'environnement.
Economic forecasting.
Environmental ethics.
Global environmental change--Forecasting.
Human ecology--Forecasting.
Social prediction.
Technological forecasting.
Twenty-first century.
Menschheit
Überlebensstrategie
Forecasts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index.

Contents:

1. The self-worshipper (homo suilaudans -- 2. The terminator (homo exterminans) -- 3. The degrader (homo eversor) -- 4. The butcher (homo carnifex) -- 5. The baker (homo pistor) -- 6. The poisoner (homo veneficus) -- 7. The devourer (homo devorans) -- 8. The urbanite (homo urbanus) -- 9. The self-deceiver (homo delusus) -- 10. The getter of wisdom (homo sapientior).

Summary:

"The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? ... The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species' long-term future. This isn't a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter concludes with clear conclusions and consensus advice on what needs to be done at global level--but it also empowers individuals with what they can do for themselves to make a difference. Unlike other books, it offers integrated solutions across the areas of greatest risk. It explains why Homo sapiens is no longer an appropriate name for our species, and what should be done about it"--Back cover.

ISBN:

3319412701
9783319412702
3319412698
9783319412696

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951761112

LCCN:

2016947168

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)