Making the Most of the Anthropocene Facing the Future / Mark Denny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denny, Mark, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Philosophy.

Nature.

Human ecology--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]

Summary:

In his bright, lively voice, Denny envisions a future that balances reaction and reason, one in which humanity emerges bloody but unbowed--and in which those of us who are prepared can make the most of the Anthropocene.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Stratigraphy-the Top Layer

2. Neptune versus Pluto

3. The Age of Man?

4. Martha

5. Industrial Revelations

6. Moore's Law

7. Building BRICS

8. Peppered Moths

9. Globalization

10. Smartphones Are (from) Everywhere

11. The Population Bomb

12. Manna from Science

13. Fat Americans

14. Climatology 101

15. Greenhouse Effects

16. Global Warning

17. 2 C or Not 2 C, That Is the Question

18. Tipping Points and Tipplers

19. Climate Change Protocols

20. Rapa Nui Not

21. Ozone Whole

22. The Good

23. The Bad

24. Frack Attack

25. The Ugly

26. Gridlock

27. Not Monsters, Inc., nor the Four Horsemen

28. Scottish Philosophy and Nuclear Power

29. You Suck at Statistics

30. On the Cusp

31. Four Fixes

32. Über Alles

33. Sherlock Holmes and the Anthropocene Deduction

34. Ferguson versus Krugman

35. Nobody Understands Economics

36. Winners and Losers

37. The Prisoner's Dilemma

38. Deforestation

39. The Peter Principle

40. Collective Stupidity

41. ABC but Not D

42. Where Are You Going, My Little One?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2301-4

OCLC:

994221308