Humanity At the Crossroads - Technological Progress, Spiritual Evolution, Dawn of Nuclear Age

Informationen zum Autor By Garth J. Hallett Klappentext Humanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer questions regarding the effect of technological progress on our lives. This book concludes that the very technology which threatens to destroy us, not merely its more favorable offshoots, is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit. Zusammenfassung Humanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer questions regarding the effect of technological progress on our lives. This book concludes that the very technology which threatens to destroy us! not merely its more favorable offshoots! is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsDedicationIntroductionPart I: Old Endings and New BeginningsChapter 1: The Turning PointChapter 2: The Hinge of ParadoxChapter 3: Beyond the Turning PointChapter 4: Out of Division and DarknessChapter 5: Into Unity and LightChapter 6: The New World on the HorizonChapter 7: The Law of the Jungle and the Return to EdenChapter 8: How We Perceive the WorldChapter 9: When the Past Resists the FutureChapter 10: Projections and ConclusionsPart II: Challenges Along the WayChapter 11: Problems of Perception and the Transfer of KnowledgeChapter 12: The Problem of Selfish IndividualismChapter 13: The Problem of Accelerating ChangeChapter 14: Problems with the Commercial CultureChapter 15: The Problem of the Larger ContextChapter 16: The Issue of Collective Goods and "Bads"Chapter 17: The Problem of Basic NeedChapter 18: The Problem of Malignant NationalismConclusionsBibliography

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• Authors: Garth J. Hallett, Hallett Garth J.
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.06.2015
• EAN: 9780761865612
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6561-2
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social forecasting, future studies, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, instinct;progress;security;technology;terrorism