Ehrenfeld, David. <br/><br/>
Swimming lessons :  keeping afloat in the age of technology / 
David Ehrenfeld. 
 - xvi, 249 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231). 
<br/><br/>	1. Lies we live --<br/>Brainstorming ; Pretending ; Magic of the Internet ; Nothing simple ; Sherlock, Nero, and us --<br/>2. Wrecking our civilization : a manual --<br/>Rejecting gifts ; Adaptation ; Forecast : chilly, overcast, light drizzle, no people left ; Pseudocommunities ; Obsolescence ; Social evolution versus sudden change ; Writing --<br/>3. Deadly economics --<br/>Affluence and austerity ; Durable goods ; Spending our capital ; Saving by selling ; Hot spots and the globalization of conservation ; Gingko and the stump ; Death penalty --<br/>4. Relating to nature in a manmade world --<br/>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 --<br/>5. Restoring the community --<br/>Utopia fallacy ; Traditions ; Jane Austen and the world of the community ; Universities and their communities ; Invalid's guide ; Swimming lessons. 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195148525 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001032180 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human ecology.<br/>Environmental degradation.<br/>Civilization, Modern--21st century.<br/>Technology--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF49  / .E47 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.2