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01987aam a2200457 i 4500 001 A0EE972A1EB011E8BBC9FE1D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180303010017 008 171117s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017048518 020 $a 161039741X 020 $a 9781610397414 (hardcover) : 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NvReBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HM891 $b .E268 2018 082 00 $a 306.09 $2 23 100 1 $a Easterbrook, Gregg, $e author. 245 10 $a It's better than it looks : $b reasons for optimism in an age of fear / $c Gregg Easterbrook. 246 3 $a It is better than it looks 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c [2018] 300 $a xx, 330 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index. 505 0 $a Why don't we starve? -- Why, despite all our bad habits, do we keep living longer? -- Will nature collapse? -- Will the economy collapse? -- Why is violence in decline? -- Why does technology become safer instead of more dangerous? -- Why don't the dictators win? -- How declinism became chic -- The "impossible" challenge of climate change -- The "impossible" challenge of inequality -- We'll never run out of challenges -- And it will never be too late. 650 0 $a Progress. 650 0 $a Quality of life. 650 0 $a Civilization, Modern $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Economic history. 650 0 $a Social history. 941 $a 10 952 $l FGPD194 $d 20240515010903.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014556.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305014425.0 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202015155.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020056.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331013356.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055615.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110073410.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190402014049.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180403015222.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A0EE972A1EB011E8BBC9FE1D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search