The Rise of a New Regime of Technocratic Power?
āWith this reorientation from knowledge to power, it is no longer enough to automate information flows about us; the goal now is to automate us.ā…… Read More » Leadership by Example
It wonāt have escaped your notice that Robert F Kennedy Jr has recently declared his intention to run for President on the Democratic ticket in…… Read More » Soil, Soul and Society
Albert Schweitzer once said that there are three ways of changing the world: the first is by example, the second is by example, and the…… Read More » Towards Human 2.0?
I reviewed Patrick Woodās previous book, Technocracy and the Hard Road to World Order, two years ago (PE 135, pp.Ā 57-8) and have since been subscribing…… Read More » Authors: Jayati Ghosh, Johan Rockstrƶm, JĆørgen Randers, Owen Gaffney
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Systems Change
This new book has been released on the 50th anniversary of The Limits to Growth, which I myself read in the 1970s. Like the original…… Read More » Choose Life and Love
If you have not already read Charlesās article in this issue, then I suggest you do so before continuing with this review. I read it…… Read More »
Subtitled āthe path to a sustainable futureā and following on from Johnās earlier books Elegant Simplicity and Time is Running Out, this book suggests that…… Read More »
In this inspirational and instructive book, gardener Maria Rodale ā whose grandfather founded the famous organic health brand ā shares her shamanic conversations with the…… Read More »
This book is a searching critique of the destructive and exploitative features of modernity both in terms of its fundamental approach, and also how this…… Read More »
Facing Up to Climate Chaos
This important book invites us to consider our response to possibly catastrophic climate breakdown. Read is an Oxford philosopher who also helped to found Extinction…… Read More »