Escape from Quantopia: Collective Insanity in Science and Society

An unforgettable trip from the foundations of physical and biological existence to the psycho—social maladies currently undermining human prospects, "Escape from Quantopia" exposes the twin failings of science and capitalism, the double helix of the modern world. Prefigured by the deranged imperative to subsume nature and consciousness to deterministic equations, imperial America is killing the earth in the quest to dominate it. Why do elites pursue policies ultimately harmful even to thems...