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Too Much Magic Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation

by: Kunstler, James Howard

Too Much Magic Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation

by: Kunstler, James Howard

ISBN 13:
9780802120304
ISBN 10:
080212030X
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 06/19/2012
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

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With vision, clarity of thought, and a pragmatic worldview, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is over, and the time to begin preparing for the long emergency in America has begun.

Where We're At	p. 1
Farewell to the Drive-in Utopia	p. 23
Cities of the Future: Yesterday's Tomorrow or Tomorrow's Yesterday?	p. 43
The Dangers of Techno Narcissism, or: Frankenstein Release 2.0, How Ray Kurzweil's Singularity Aims to Replace the Old God with a New and Improved Version	p. 65
The Futility of Party Politics in the Long Emergency	p. 85
Going Broke the Hard Way: The End of Wall Street	p. 111
The Energy Specter: Oil and Gas, Alternative Energy, and Waiting for Santa Claus	p. 155
Insults to the Planet and the Planet's Reply	p. 197
Social Relations and the Dilemmas of Difference	p. 216
Coda: A Systematic Misunderstanding of Reality	p. 241
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Too Much Magic Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation

Too Much Magic Wishful Thinking, Technology, and the Fate of the Nation

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080212030X

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