"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"--
"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"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Daniel R. Brooks is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Senior Research Fellow, H. W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum, and Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS). He is the coauthor of The Stockholm Paradigm and The Major Metaphors of Evolution. Salvatore J. Agosta is Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of more than fifty scientific publications and coauthor of The Major Metaphors of Evolution: Darwinism Then and Now.
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CONTENTS PREFACE vii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? INHERITANCE SYSTEMS 15 3 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? ECOSYSTEMS 39 4 HUMANS: THE EARLY DAYS 59 5 THE LATE PLEISTOCENE: THE RISE OF HOMO SAPIENS 79 6 AFTER THE ICE AGE: THE GREAT TRANSITION 89 7 THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD: THE GREAT AMPLIFICATION 101 8 INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIETY: THE GREAT TRAGEDY 117 9 OVERSPENDING AS A WAY OF LIFE: INFLECTION AND ACCELERATION 145 10 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE REST OF THE BIOSPHERE 165 11 CONVIVIAL CONSERVATION IN AN EVOLUTIONARY COMMONS: COSTA RICA’S GREEN PHOENIX 193 12 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 205 13 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONS 231 14 AUTUMN OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: HOPE FOR NOW, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 255 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271 SELECTED READINGS 273 INDEX 335
CONTENTS PREFACE vii 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? INHERITANCE SYSTEMS 15 3 HOW DOES NATURE WORK? ECOSYSTEMS 39 4 HUMANS: THE EARLY DAYS 59 5 THE LATE PLEISTOCENE: THE RISE OF HOMO SAPIENS 79 6 AFTER THE ICE AGE: THE GREAT TRANSITION 89 7 THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD: THE GREAT AMPLIFICATION 101 8 INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIETY: THE GREAT TRAGEDY 117 9 OVERSPENDING AS A WAY OF LIFE: INFLECTION AND ACCELERATION 145 10 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE REST OF THE BIOSPHERE 165 11 CONVIVIAL CONSERVATION IN AN EVOLUTIONARY COMMONS: COSTA RICA’S GREEN PHOENIX 193 12 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER 205 13 HOW HUMANS SHOULD INTERACT WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONS 231 14 AUTUMN OF THE ANTHROPOCENE: HOPE FOR NOW, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 255 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 271 SELECTED READINGS 273 INDEX 335
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