Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
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Since 1984 when I co-authored a book with a leading future historian on how networks (my focus) and globalisation would change the world, this has been the most important subject in my life . We forecast then and now that the...
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Since 1984 when I co-authored a book with a leading future historian on how networks (my focus) and globalisation would change the world, this has been the most important subject in my life . We forecast then and now that the decade 2005-2015 would be make or break for all future generations. We mapped 7 crisis areas. We cautioned that not just any solutions but ones that set the 21st century on the best collaboration curve for all cultures needed to be clarified. My problem with worldchanging is I do not see a simple map. 900 pages of very mixed reporting. All well intended but some of it PR of the sort that suggests a change that is as murky or as lacking in gravity as the original problem. So 1* for choosing the most vital topic in the world. But please because it is so important to help people map pathways that transform beyond the misinformation that the 20th C compounded, not just any change, let's discuss whether 900 page width was needed and whether the advice is uneven and unfocused. Take the example of climate crisis. Everyone who discussed this with me in 1984 believed that photosynthesis offers the systemic solutions beyond we need to understand to resolve this crisis. As far as I can see understanding of photosynthesis is not integrated into this book. [...] Comments (5) | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)
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