It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear /
Toussaint Louverture, François Dominique, 1743-1804
It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear / Gregg Easterbrook. - First edition. - xx, 330 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.
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.
Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every
9781610397414 (hardcover)
2017048518
Progreso
Calidad de vida
Civilización moderna--Siglo XXI
Historia económica
Historia social
HM 891 / E13i 2018
306.09
It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear / Gregg Easterbrook. - First edition. - xx, 330 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.
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.
Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every
9781610397414 (hardcover)
2017048518
Progreso
Calidad de vida
Civilización moderna--Siglo XXI
Historia económica
Historia social
HM 891 / E13i 2018
306.09