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It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear / Gregg Easterbrook.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 330 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610397414 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.09 23
LOC classification:
  • HM 891 E13i 2018
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 891 E13i 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000140123

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

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