TY  - BOOK
AU  - Toussaint Louverture,François Dominique
TI  - It's better than it looks: reasons for optimism in an age of fear 
SN  - 9781610397414 (hardcover)
AV  - HM 891 E13i 2018
U1  - 306.09 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Progreso
KW  - Calidad de vida
KW  - Civilización moderna
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Historia económica
KW  - Historia social
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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