A Short History of Progress. by Ronald Wright
Author: Ronald Wright
Albert Einstein called progress ‘the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal’, and in this timely book Ronald Wright shows how the twentieth century’s runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology have placed a murderous burden on the planet. Asking where this growth lead, whether it can be consolidated or sustained and what kind of world the present….Read More
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