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Surviving the 21st century, humanity's ten great challenges and how we can overcome them, Julian Cribb

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Surviving the 21st century

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Julian Cribb

humanity's ten great challenges and how we can overcome them

"The book explores the central question facing humanity today: how can we best survive the ten great existential challenges that are now coming together to confront us? ... The author examines ten intersecting areas of activity (mass extinction, resource depletion, WMD, climate change, universal toxicity, food crises, population and urban expansion, pandemic disease, dangerous new technologies and self-delusion) which pose manifest risks to civilization and, potentially, to our species' long-term future. This isn't a book just about problems. It is also about solutions. Every chapter concludes with clear conclusions and consensus advice on what needs to be done at global level--but it also empowers individuals with what they can do for themselves to make a difference. Unlike other books, it offers integrated solutions across the areas of greatest risk. It explains why Homo sapiens is no longer an appropriate name for our species, and what should be done about it"--Back cover

1. The self-worshipper (homo suilaudans -- 2. The terminator (homo exterminans) -- 3. The degrader (homo eversor) -- 4. The butcher (homo carnifex) -- 5. The baker (homo pistor) -- 6. The poisoner (homo veneficus) -- 7. The devourer (homo devorans) -- 8. The urbanite (homo urbanus) -- 9. The self-deceiver (homo delusus) -- 10. The getter of wisdom (homo sapientior)

Surviving the twenty-first centuryHumanity's ten great challenges and how we can overcome them