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. Of all the traits that contributed to the rise and eventual dominance of humankind, ingenuity w...