The Resource Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?, Bill McKibben
Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?, Bill McKibben
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- Summary
- Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out. Bill McKibben's groundbreaking book The End of Nature -- issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic -- was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience. Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control. And then, drawing on McKibben's experience in building 350.org, the first truly global citizens movement to combat climate change, it offers some possible ways out of the trap. We're at a bleak moment in human history -- and we'll either confront that bleakness or watch the civilization our forebears built slip away. Falter is a powerful and sobering call to arms, to save not only our planet but also our humanity
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Contents
-
- An opening note on hope
- The size of the board
- Leverage
- The name of the game
- An outside chance
- Epilogue : grounded
- Isbn
- 9781250178268
- Label
- Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?
- Title
- Falter
- Title remainder
- has the human game begun to play itself out?
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill McKibben
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out. Bill McKibben's groundbreaking book The End of Nature -- issued in dozens of languages and long regarded as a classic -- was the first book to alert us to global warming. But the danger is broader than that: even as climate change shrinks the space where our civilization can exist, new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics threaten to bleach away the variety of human experience. Falter tells the story of these converging trends and of the ideological fervor that keeps us from bringing them under control. And then, drawing on McKibben's experience in building 350.org, the first truly global citizens movement to combat climate change, it offers some possible ways out of the trap. We're at a bleak moment in human history -- and we'll either confront that bleakness or watch the civilization our forebears built slip away. Falter is a powerful and sobering call to arms, to save not only our planet but also our humanity
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McKibben, Bill
- Dewey number
- 909.83
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB428
- LC item number
- .M43 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Modern
- Nature
- Technology and civilization
- Human ecology
- Climatic changes
- Civilization, Modern
- Climatic changes
- Human ecology
- Nature
- Technology and civilization
- Label
- Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?, Bill McKibben
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An opening note on hope -- The size of the board -- Leverage -- The name of the game -- An outside chance -- Epilogue : grounded
- Control code
- on1033647691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250178268
- Lccn
- 2018046452
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033647691
- Label
- Falter : has the human game begun to play itself out?, Bill McKibben
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An opening note on hope -- The size of the board -- Leverage -- The name of the game -- An outside chance -- Epilogue : grounded
- Control code
- on1033647691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250178268
- Lccn
- 2018046452
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033647691
Subject
- Civilization, Modern
- Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
- Climatic changes
- Climatic changes
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- 2000-2099
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Technology and civilization
- Technology and civilization
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Science
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
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