The ingenuity gap / Thomas Homer-Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Creative ability.

Social change.

Physical Description:

480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, 2000.

Summary:

The challenges facing human societies -- from international financial crises to AIDS -- converge, intertwine and often remain largely beyond readers' understanding. Homer-Dixon makes clear the extent to which readers live with, construct and depend upon systems they little understand--systems of law, the market, of institutions and technologies.

Contents:

1 How Are We Changing Our Relationship to the World?

1 Careening into the Future 11

2 Our New World 43

3 The Big I 71

2 Do We Need More Ingenuity to Solve the Problems of the Future?

4 Complexities 101

5 An Angry Beast 121

6 Glimpsing the Abyss 149

7 Unknown Unknowns 171

3 Can We Supply the Ingenuity We Need?

8 Brains and Ingenuity 191

9 Ingenuity and Wealth 221

10 Techno-Hubris 247

11 White-Hot Landscapes 279

4 What Does the Ingenuity Gap Mean for Our Future?

12 Vegas 313

13 Patna 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0375401865

OCLC:

44969346