New World New Mind: Moving Toward Conscious Evolution - Couverture souple

Ornstein, Robert; Ehrlich, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1883536243 ISBN 13 : 9781883536244

Editeur : Malor Books, 2018

Synopsis

Robert Ornstein and Paul Ehrlich explain that we are causing our own problems because we have created a world where our basic mental functions are no longer suitable. We evolved over a period of millions of years to survive in small tribal families on the wild grassy plains of East Africa. Now the way we live has nothing to do with that time and place, but the mental tools that were developed to survive on the savanna have remained unchanged. These instincts were wonderfully adapted to the environment that shaped them. But that world, the world that made us, is gone. Now these same instincts are causing us to destroy the world that we made. The threats we face are of our own making, and we can unmake them. If people learn how we have come to this point, we can restore our hope for the future. New World New Mind describes the way our minds have evolved, and offers suggestions for how to cope with who we are in the world we live in now. Recent decades have seen remarkable progress in many areas. For example, despite the abject suffering of millions of people, it is nonetheless true that there has been unprecedented alleviation of poverty and disease for the world's poorest people. There are so many promising and astonishing advances in medicine, technology, and the social and physical sciences that if we give ourselves a chance to survive, our species could enter a golden age.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ROBERT ORNSTEIN is the president of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge. He has conducted extensive research on the human brain and is the author of numerous articles in publications such as Psychology Today and Encyclopedia Britannica. His many books include The Psychology of Consciousness, Multimind, The Evolution of Consciousness, The Roots of the Self, The Right Mind, MindReal and, as coauthor, The Amazing Brain, The Healing Brain, Healthy Pleasures, Mind & Body Health Handbook and Humanity on a Tightrope (with Paul Ehrlich). Among his many honors and awards are the UNESCO award for Best Contribution to Psychology and the American Psychological Foundation Media Award “for increasing the public understanding of psychology.”

PAUL R. EHRLICH is Bing Professor of Population Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University. An expert in the fields of evolution, ecology, taxonomy, and population biology, Professor Ehrlich has written more than 800 scientific articles as well as many books (some coauthored with his wife, Anne) including The Population Bomb, The Machinery of Nature, Extinction, The Population Explosion, Betrayal of Science and Reason, The Dominant Animal and Human Natures. His many scientific honors include membership in the National Academy of Sciences and fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received awards such as the first AAAS/Scientific American Prize for Science in the Service of Humanity as well as the Crafoord Prize in Population Biology and the Conservation of Biological Diversity. Together with his wife, he received many other distinguished prizes including the United Nations Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Malor Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1883536243
• ISBN 13: 9781883536244
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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