Sunday, January 23, 2011

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure



Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure
Daniel Quinn | 2000-11-07 00:00:00 | Three Rivers Press | 94 | Education
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Futurist Daniel Quinn (Ishmael) dares to imagine a new approach to saving the world that involves deconstructing civilization. Quinn asks the radical yet fundamental questions about humanity such as, Why does civilization grow food, lock it up, and then make people earn money to buy it back? Why not progress "beyond civilization" and abandon the hierarchical lifestyles that cause many of our social problems? He challenges the "old mind" thinking that believes problems should be fixed with social programs. "Old minds think: How do we stop these bad things from happening?" Quinn writes. "New minds think: How do we make things the way we want them to be?"
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