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The haber-* process is arguably the most consequential technological development of the twentieth century. Mann does not come down hard on either side of the prophet or wizard debate & maybe there are two good reasons. Mann's research is impeccabl... Read More
William vogt is the founder of modern-age environmentalism, says charles mann. Borlaug and vogt are the avatars of the wizard and the prophet respectively, mann says. vogt was a precursor of the malthusian revival of the 1950s and 1960s. He says vogt ... Read More
This is hopeful. Being contingently right just lets us keep going. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Whether you're a wizard or a prophet, this is a thought-provoking look into how mankind understands its relationship with the planet. One hopes that that hoped for resolution occurs before the kingdom of nature is decimated. Wizards like his commitmen... Read More
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The prophet dichotomy is forced, and inevitably becomes muddled when any complexities are dealt with. As an analysis of global problems and potential solutions, this book is a disservice. It's bizarre for a book largely about the ecological effects of... Read More
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Reading about their work helps put in perspective a lot of what we continue to see today in the approaches various scientists a... Read More
And then he intertwines lots of history think his 1491 and 1493 books with the science needed for all these 4 areas think his w... Read More
He uses these to discuss the related environmental issues
The ideal was a sustainable population that could coexist with the environment
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Modern world silll determined by the competition of the same two visions
A book that opens with bat guano environmentalism and mexican wheat breeding in the 1950s shouldnt be this enthralling
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two, wizard, human and environmental. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 450 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 23 2022.
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The first 340 pages of the book sets up the history and arguments very well then around page 340 the future and the ideas are laid out
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A better title “doers versus doomsters
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In addition the book is quite a pageturner
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Wizards to create new technologies but prophets to warn us of the unintended consequences of the technology
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Where the book falls short in my opinion is in the way it attempts to put the ‘wizards’ and ‘prophets’ on even footing as if both perspectives are equally valid
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Their view of the world is unfalsifiable and when their predictions of calamity and doom inevitably fail to come about they will proceed to ignore the failure and move the goalposts
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Every single generation of the last two millennia has had its false prophets predicting all order of doom and gloom on the horizon for humanity
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Even at the time the book received many informed and savage reviews httpswww
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