Books written by Thomas Homer-Dixon
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
To ensure the health and survival of their cubs, the females must begin the long winter with as much body fat as possible. Peter Clarkson and Doug Irish, “Den Collapse Kills Female Polar Bear and Two Newborn Cubs,” Arctic 44, no.
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The Ingenuity Gap: Can We Solve the Problems of the Future?
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The Ingenuity Gap
monuments in the city, the Jefferson Memorial. It was a warm evening, but only a few people were scattered around the Memorial grounds. A young couple sat on the steps beside the Tidal Basin, while a father and his two children admired ...
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Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
Think of a vicious circle where an employee is openly angry with his boss, which makes the boss treat him worse, which then makes him even angrier. This is a “positive” feedback, not because it's good— obviously in this example it ...
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Het natuurlijk kapitaal + Ten onder te boven boekcombinatie
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Carbon Shift: How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and our lives)
According to Ayres, our economies expand not so much because our energy inputs grow as because our efficiency in using these inputs rises. “fith this refined methodology, Ayres almost completely eliminates the Solow residual!
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization
See also Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich, One with Nineveh: Politics* Consumptions and the Human Future (Washington, DC: Island, 2004), 270-82. 1 1. Herman Daly and John Cobb Jr., For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward ...
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
Environmental disasters. Terrorist wars. Energy scarcity. Economic failure. Is this the world's inevitable fate, a downward spiral that ultimately spells the collapse of societies? Perhaps, says acclaimed author Thomas Homer-Dixon...
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
From the demise of ancient Rome to contemporary climate change, this spellbinding book analyzes what happens when multiple crises compound to cause what the author calls "synchronous failure.
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The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
In this book, Thomas Homer-Dixon shows how to choose a better route into the future. Drawing on an array of disciplines, Homer-Dixon's acute insights are imaginative & controversial.
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Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
This change , I believe , indicates that the longer - term trend towards lower economic growth - anticipated by ... We know we're likely to make mistakes , even freeze up , when we try to pay attention to too many things at the same ...
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Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
Commanding Hope marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our hope in a positive future for ...
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Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future
We will need to know where we stand, and which direction we should start out in. These are the questions Carbon Shift addresses.