Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux

''Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future'' Valerie Amos To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now. We all know there are major, overlapping, global crises ahead of humanity: climate change, mass migration, new warfare, big tech, further pandemics, authoritarian capitalism. Rather than be daunted, this book charts a way that we can respond. With expertise from his work at the highest levels of international politics, education, activism and business, Tom Fletcher offers a practical manifesto that can help us transform the way we learn, live, and work together. Amongst its key survival skills, this book offers ideas on how we renew education, restore society and reimagine the future. It helps us chart a course to take back control, to find purpose, and to become better ancestors. It helps us to learn the language of technology - without thinking like computers. It offers 39 steps that each of us can start to take today to boost our survivability. Vital, practical and accessible, this is a book about how we can anticipate the threats and opportunities of tomorrow and be ready for them - individually and collectively.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Fletcher
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780008447885
• ISBN: 978-0-00-844788-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Education, Sociology, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Health economics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure, 21st Century, Social Mobility, Social forecasting, future studies, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social discrimination & inequality, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Social discrimination and social justice