Ehrenfeld, David.
Swimming lessons : keeping afloat in the age of technology / David Ehrenfeld. - xvi, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231).
1. Lies we live --
Brainstorming ; Pretending ; Magic of the Internet ; Nothing simple ; Sherlock, Nero, and us --
2. Wrecking our civilization : a manual --
Rejecting gifts ; Adaptation ; Forecast : chilly, overcast, light drizzle, no people left ; Pseudocommunities ; Obsolescence ; Social evolution versus sudden change ; Writing --
3. Deadly economics --
Affluence and austerity ; Durable goods ; Spending our capital ; Saving by selling ; Hot spots and the globalization of conservation ; Gingko and the stump ; Death penalty --
4. Relating to nature in a manmade world --
Vine cleaners ; Connoisseur of nature ; Death of a plastic palm ; Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries ; I reinvent agriculture ; Thinking about breeds and species ; Teaching field ecology ; More field ecology : Rightofway Island ; Walk in the woods ; Degrees of intimacy --
5. Restoring the community --
Utopia fallacy ; Traditions ; Jane Austen and the world of the community ; Universities and their communities ; Invalid's guide ; Swimming lessons.
This is a study of the shrinking wilderness and the ongoing degredation of the environment, especially its cost to human dignity and potential. The author ruminates on the impacts of short-sighted governmental and economic policies, and of new technologies on human values and communities.
0195148525
2001032180
Human ecology.
Environmental degradation.
Civilization, Modern--21st century.
Technology--Social aspects.
GF49 / .E47 2002
304.2
Swimming lessons : keeping afloat in the age of technology / David Ehrenfeld. - xvi, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231).
1. Lies we live --
Brainstorming ; Pretending ; Magic of the Internet ; Nothing simple ; Sherlock, Nero, and us --
2. Wrecking our civilization : a manual --
Rejecting gifts ; Adaptation ; Forecast : chilly, overcast, light drizzle, no people left ; Pseudocommunities ; Obsolescence ; Social evolution versus sudden change ; Writing --
3. Deadly economics --
Affluence and austerity ; Durable goods ; Spending our capital ; Saving by selling ; Hot spots and the globalization of conservation ; Gingko and the stump ; Death penalty --
4. Relating to nature in a manmade world --
Vine cleaners ; Connoisseur of nature ; Death of a plastic palm ; Scientific discoveries and nature's mysteries ; I reinvent agriculture ; Thinking about breeds and species ; Teaching field ecology ; More field ecology : Rightofway Island ; Walk in the woods ; Degrees of intimacy --
5. Restoring the community --
Utopia fallacy ; Traditions ; Jane Austen and the world of the community ; Universities and their communities ; Invalid's guide ; Swimming lessons.
This is a study of the shrinking wilderness and the ongoing degredation of the environment, especially its cost to human dignity and potential. The author ruminates on the impacts of short-sighted governmental and economic policies, and of new technologies on human values and communities.
0195148525
2001032180
Human ecology.
Environmental degradation.
Civilization, Modern--21st century.
Technology--Social aspects.
GF49 / .E47 2002
304.2