The Upside of Down

The Upside of Down

by Thomas Homer-Dixon

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Shows in lucid and compelling terms how breakdown looms when a society outgrows its capacity to sustain itself. Homer-Dixon argues we are equipped to avert disaster. Armed with hindsight, increasingly knowledgeable about the complex systems in which we live, we may even be able to turn the inevitable changes creatively to advantage.

Author: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Published: 2007, Text Publishing, Australia
Genre: Popular Science

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9781921145056-SECONDHAND
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Shows in lucid and compelling terms how breakdown looms when a society outgrows its capacity to sustain itself. Homer-Dixon argues we are equipped to avert disaster. Armed with hindsight, increasingly knowledgeable about the complex systems in which we live, we may even be able to turn the inevitable changes creatively to advantage.