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eBook details
- Title: Too Much Magic
- Author : James Howard Kunstler
- Release Date : January 19, 2012
- Genre: Public Administration,Books,Politics & Current Events,Nonfiction,Social Science,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1748 KB
Description
The author of The Long Emergency explains why technology canât solve all our problems, and how excessive optimism can endanger our future.
The Long Emergency quickly became a grassroots hit, offering a shocking vision of our post-oil future and capturing the attention of environmentalists and business leaders alike. As discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels and our dysfunctional financial and government institutions continues, the author returns with Too Much Magicâevaluating what has changed and what has not, and what direction we need to take in this post-financial-crisis world.
âToo much magicâ is what James Howard Kunstler sees in the bright utopian visions of the future dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. Their visions remind him of the flying cars and robot maids that were the dominant images of the future in the 1950s. Kunstlerâs image of the future is much more sober. With vision, clarity of thought, and a pragmatic worldview, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is overâand the time to begin preparing for the long emergency has begun.
âA sharp critic of energy-sucking, big-box landscapes.â âWinnipeg Free Press