Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse
Does humanity have a future on Earth—or beyond? With threats ranging from pandemics and global warming to extreme income inequality and global conflict, can we avoid the collapse of civilization as we know it? Unfortunately, the cause of all these threats—as well as the foremost obstacle to dealing with them—is the human brain itself and its all-consuming quests for procreation and self-interest. On a global scale, those motivations underlie overpopulation, famine, and conflict; on a societal level, they translate to such basic malfunctioning as racism, sexism, antiscience activism, climate change denial, political extremism, terrorism, and abstract violence. Of all the traits that contributed to the rise and eventual dominance of humankind, ingenuity was perhaps the most profound. Yet, it is our very rise and dominance that produced the coming clash between civilization and chaos. In the end, our ingenuity may prove to be our demise or our salvation.
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Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse
Does humanity have a future on Earth—or beyond? With threats ranging from pandemics and global warming to extreme income inequality and global conflict, can we avoid the collapse of civilization as we know it? Unfortunately, the cause of all these threats—as well as the foremost obstacle to dealing with them—is the human brain itself and its all-consuming quests for procreation and self-interest. On a global scale, those motivations underlie overpopulation, famine, and conflict; on a societal level, they translate to such basic malfunctioning as racism, sexism, antiscience activism, climate change denial, political extremism, terrorism, and abstract violence. Of all the traits that contributed to the rise and eventual dominance of humankind, ingenuity was perhaps the most profound. Yet, it is our very rise and dominance that produced the coming clash between civilization and chaos. In the end, our ingenuity may prove to be our demise or our salvation.
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Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse

Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse

by Dennis L. Foster
Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse

Future Tense: Civilization in Collapse

by Dennis L. Foster

Overview

Does humanity have a future on Earth—or beyond? With threats ranging from pandemics and global warming to extreme income inequality and global conflict, can we avoid the collapse of civilization as we know it? Unfortunately, the cause of all these threats—as well as the foremost obstacle to dealing with them—is the human brain itself and its all-consuming quests for procreation and self-interest. On a global scale, those motivations underlie overpopulation, famine, and conflict; on a societal level, they translate to such basic malfunctioning as racism, sexism, antiscience activism, climate change denial, political extremism, terrorism, and abstract violence. Of all the traits that contributed to the rise and eventual dominance of humankind, ingenuity was perhaps the most profound. Yet, it is our very rise and dominance that produced the coming clash between civilization and chaos. In the end, our ingenuity may prove to be our demise or our salvation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781668501825
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 06/18/2021
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Dennis L. Foster is a computer scientist, consultant, author, artist, explorer, and educator, known for his groundbreaking work in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fields of educational technology, medical diagnosis, and robotics. He is the author of over 60 published books on AI, computers and programming, business management, finance, health care, sociology, education, behavior science, and marketing.
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