Colin Mason

A Short History of the Future (eBook, PDF)

Surviving the 2030 Spike

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Has the future a future? Are we bringing history to an end? Observing any one of several individual but critical trends suggests that, without rapid and positive action, history may have only a very short way to run. Whether it is the growth of world population, of greenhouse gas concentrations and the accelerating rate of climate change, the running down of oil and natural gas reserves, growing shortages of fresh water for agriculture, industry and domestic use, or the increasing difficulty in controlling epidemic diseases ¿ we are facing a mounting global crisis that will peak in less than a generation, around the year 2030. Taken together, these trends point to a potentially apocalyptic period, if not for the planet itself then certainly for human societies and for humankind.

In this compelling book, and update to The 2030 Spike, Colin Mason explains in clear and irrefutable terms what is going on ¿ largely below the surface of our daily or weekly news bulletins. The picture he paints is stark, and yet it is not bleak. Being forewarned, we are forearmed, and he draws on his own extensive political experience to describe how much we can do as individuals, and above all collectively, not merely to avert crisis but to engineer thoroughgoing change that can usher in genuinely sustainable and valuable alternatives to the way we live now.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136572890
• Artikelnr.: 38271238

Autorenporträt

Colin Mason was a senator in the Australian Federal Parliament for nine years and served on the Senate Standing Committee for Science and Environment.
A well-known former foreign correspondent and broadcaster, he was also a SEATO adviser to the Thai government. Mason is the author of 12 books, including A Short History of Asia and the international best-seller Hostage.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: IS THERE A CRISIS?
The Drivers
Running Out of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch
Population and Poverty
Climate: How Long to Tipping Point?
Is There Enough Food and Water?
One World?
The Fourth Horseman
PART II: DIRECTIONS
Which Way Science?
In the Genes: New Plants - and People?
The Values of the Sea
Multinationals: Good Business or Bad?
The Trouble with Money
PART III: UPGRADING THE INDIVIDUAL
The Pursuit of Happiness
Love, Family and Freedom
Habitat: The Dilemma of the Cities
Making Education Work
Health and Wealth
Religion: The Cement of Society?
PART IV: THE NEW SOCIETY?
The Mechanics of Change
Automation and Employment
Travelling Less?
Working Online
The Information Overload
The Toxic Culture
Running the Show
Getting the World We Want