"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…
"Smil presents the long history and modern infatuation with invention and innovation. Meticulous as always, these vast realms of human ingenuity are organized into sensible categories: inventions that went from welcome to undesirable, inventions that dominate and missed the mark, inventions we still dream about, and lastly, the exaggerations, myths, and wise expectations for innovations we need…
"The book offers a framework for how to make innovation leaps more likely - and shows how radically improved technology can help solve the major challenges the world currently faces"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A stellar roster of essayists share their reimagings of the institutions of democracy and governance necessary to resolve the climate crisis, and call on the reader to do so as well"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A review of labor law exploring the decline of union power and demonstrating how collective bargaining can continue to support worker power and improve economic outcomes for workers and communities despite macro shifts in the US economy over the past 40 years"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An environmental history of the Soviet forestry industry, showing how a utilitarian view of nature and the "rational" use of natural resources plays out in practice"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"This is the first historical work that situates the Strategic Defense Initiative within a new phase in the militarization of space, uncovering a largely secret history of the role of military space technologies in late-Cold War U.S. defense strategy and foreign relations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Shows why the design field has consistently failed to attract Black professionals, how Eurocentric hegemony impacts Black designers & how to create an antiracist, pro-Black design industry instead"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A novel, interdisciplinary exploration of the relative contributions of rigidity and flexibility in the adoption, maintenance, and evolution of technical traditions. Techniques can either be used in rigid, stereotypical ways or in flexibly adaptive ways, or in some combination of the two. The Evolution of Techniques , edited by Mathieu Charbonneau, addresses the impacts of both flexibility and …
Originally published: Biologia della gentilezza: Le 6 scelte quotidiane per salute benessere e longevit?a, 2020."Explains how our life behaviors can affect our state of health by comparing science and conscience in a revolutionary approach to health, longevity and quality of life"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.