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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > Social forecasting, futurology
In his bestselling books The Cult of the Amateur and The Internet
is not the Answer, Andrew Keen exposed the cultural and social
dangers posed by internet technology. What was once seen as a tool
for connecting people and providing opportunities is now recognised
as a force that is profoundly reshaping our world. In How to Fix
the Future, Andrew Keen sets out a compelling manifesto for
improving how we live in the digital age. Taking lessons from the
world-changing events of the Industrial Revolution, he travels
around the globe, from India to Estonia, Germany to Singapore,
investigating the best and worst practices in regulation,
innovation, social responsibility, consumer choice and education -
and shows what we can do to preserve human values in an
increasingly digital world.
The Dark Mountain Project began with a manifesto published in 2009
by two English writers-Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth-who felt
that literature was not responding honestly to the crises of our
time. In a world in which the climate is being altered by human
activities; in which global ecosystems are being destroyed by the
advance of industrial civilisation; and in which the dominant
economic and cultural assumptions of the West are visibly
crumbling, Dark Mountain asked: where are the writers and the
artists? Why are the mainstream cultural forms of our society still
behaving as if this were the twentieth century-or even the
nineteenth? Dark Mountain's call for writers, thinkers and artists
willing to face the depth of the mess we are in has made it a
gathering point for a growing international network. Rooted in
place, time and nature, their work finds a home in the pages of the
Dark Mountain books, with two new volumes published every year.
Walking on Lava brings together the best of the first ten volumes,
along with the original manifesto. This collection of essays,
fiction, poetry, interviews and artwork introduces The Dark
Mountain Project's groundbreaking work to a wider audience in
search of 'the hope beyond hope, the paths which lead to the
unknown world ahead of us.'
"A beautiful interweaving of memoir and history, of driving
narrative and insightful reflection." - Ken McGoogan, author of
Dead Reckoning and Kerouac's Ghost Accessible and entertaining,
Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern
humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along
the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in
Persia, the Andes, and the Roman Empire. She sails across the seas,
and introduces the first railways, all before plunking us down in
the middle of a massive, modern freeway. The book closes with a
view from the end of the road, literally and figuratively, asking,
can we meet the challenges presented by a mode of travel dependent
on hydrocarbons, or will we decline, like so many civilizations
that have come before us?
Hoe gaan Suid-Afrika in 2030 lyk? En hoe gaan die volgende 15 jaar ontvou?
Sedert die bekende scenariobeplanner Frans Cronje se blitsverkoper, A Time Traveller’s Guide to Our Next Ten Years, het die land dramaties verander. Politieke spanning het verhoog, die ekonomie het in die hek geduik en al meer Suid-Afrikaners wend hulle uit frustrasie straat toe.
Wat beteken dit vir die land se toekoms? Gaan die vonk in die kruitvat vlamvat of gaan ’n reenboog sy onverwagse verskyning maak?
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