Daniel R. Brooks, Salvatore J. Agosta

A Darwinian Survival Guide

Hope for the Twenty-First Century

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Produktbeschreibung

"Guided by the Four Laws of Biotics, the book details how technological humanity should interact with the biosphere and each other in accordance with Darwinian principles, which illuminate a middle ground between unacceptable apocalypse or unattainable utopia, with two hopeful options: alter our behavior now at great expense based on Darwinian principles and extend current civilization, or fail to respond, fall and rebuild in accordance with those same principles"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9780262048682
• ISBN-10: 026204868X
• Artikelnr.: 68105566

Autorenporträt

Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PREFACE vii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? INHERITANCE SYSTEMS 15
3 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? ECOSYSTEMS 39
4 HUMANS: THE EARLY DAYS 59
5 THE LATE PLEISTOCENE: THE RISE OF HOMO SAPIENS 79
6 AFTER THE ICE AGE: THE GREAT TRANSITION 89
7 THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD: THE GREAT AMPLIFICATION 101
8 INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIETY: THE GREAT TRAGEDY 117
9 OVERSPENDING AS A WAY OF LIFE: INFLECTION AND ACCELERATION 145
10 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE REST OF THE BIOSPHERE 165
11 CONVIVIAL CONSERVATION IN AN EVOLUTIONARY COMMONS: COSTA RICA’S GREEN
PHOENIX 193
12 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 205
13 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONS 231
14 AUTUMN OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: HOPE FOR NOW, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 255
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271
SELECTED READINGS 273
INDEX 335