Title:
A Darwinian survival guide : hope for the twenty-first century / Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta.
ISBN:
9780262048682
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
x, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- How does nature work? Inhertiance systems -- How does nature work? Ecosystems -- Humans: the early days -- The late Pleistocene: the rise of Homo Sapiens -- After the ice age: the great transition -- The Neolithic period: the great amplificiation -- Institutionalizing society: the great tragedy -- Overspending as a way of life: Inflection and acceleration -- How humans should interact with the rest of the biosphere -- Convival conservation in an evolutionary commons: Costa Rica's Green Phoenix -- How humans should interact with each other -- How humans should interact with thier institution -- Autumn of the anthropocene: Hope for now, hope for the future.
Summary:
"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 to respond, fall and rebuild in accordance with those same principles." -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1379220416
Availability:
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