Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Impeccably researched and masterfully written, this book explains how and why humanity is driving itself off the cliff. - Dahr Jamail, author, The End of Ice

Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and the ability to harness energy sources - most significantly, fossil fuels. It asks whether we have, at this point, overpowered natural and...