Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival Heinberg Richard
Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival Heinberg Richard Power -- why giving it up might just save humanity and the planetThis is the story of power -- humanity's power over nature and the…
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Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival Heinberg Richard
Power -- why giving it up might just save humanity and the planetThis is the story of power -- humanity's power over nature and the power of some people over others.How has Homo sapiens -- one species among millions -- become powerful enough to threaten a mass extinction and disrupt the Earth's climate? Can we change our relationship with power to avert ecological catastrophe, reduce social inequality, and stave off collapse?These questions -- and their answers -- will determine our fate.Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and the ability to harness energy sources -- most significantly, fossil fuels. It Why have we developed so many ways of oppressing one another?