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Title: Macroshift: Navigating the Transformation to a Sustainable World by Ervin Laszlo, Arthur C. Clarke ISBN: 1-57675-163-5 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: 09 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Doctrine to save the world
Comment: Overall, I think the book carries great meaning and great lessons. We need to have a new mindset - "macroshift", in order to save the planet. I totally agree.
Then why do I only give 3 stars? Because I still didn't see anything new. It is similar to other books, like "Limits to Growth" by Donella Meadows (Club of Rome). The author provides all different kinds of warning signs to ask people "Live simple. Love our Earth and other species". I know it's difficult to have a new pitch to ask people stop wasting or stop smoking, etc. However, we do need a more insightful/creative perspective to really change people.
Overall, I only recommend this book to people who are already buy-in "save the planet" concept.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Definitive Guide to the Global Crisis...
Comment: As much as it is possible for a single book to give its reader a comprehensive and profound understanding of the impending global social, economic, and ecological crisis, this is that book.
According to Dr. Laszlo, human society has passed through three major stages --Mythos, Theos, and Logos--and is on the verge of its next, and perhaps final stage, Holos. But the transition from our Logos civilization to Holos, like those before it, is not quite as automatic as someone simply climbing the rungs of a ladder. According to _Macroshift, there is some real possibility that our civilization may fail to make the leap, in which case it will almost certainly 'break down' into global anarchy--we may have had a terrible foretaste of this in the September 11 attacks. (For a chilling picture of this kind of world, see the classic sci-fi film _The Road Warrior_). But, should it succeed, humanity will be privileged to witness the birth of the first truly global civilization--and a world whose possibilities surpass our dreams.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best books I've read in a long time
Comment: This is an excellent book. It embodies what I pretty much believe but in such an eloquent and thoughtful way. I highly recommed it to anyone who is searching for a hopeful perspective regarding the future of our world.
Tom
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Title: One World: The Ethics of Globalization by Peter Singer ISBN: 0300096860 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems by Barry Johnson ISBN: 0874251761 Publisher: Human Resource Development Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Paradoxes of Group Life : Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and Movement in Group Dynamics (New Lexington Press Organization Sciences Series) by Kenwyn K. Smith, David N. Berg ISBN: 078793948X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 05 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: The Primal Mind: Vision and Reality in Indian America by Jamake Highwater ISBN: 0735105057 Publisher: Replica Books Pub. Date: 12 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Plan B: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown ISBN: 0393325237 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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