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E-book Design for the New World : From Human Design to Planet Design

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Ever since humans began walk-ing upright, we have intervened in our surroundings. We have shaped tools, formed the environment, and developed structures, systems and organizations of all dimensions and levels of abstraction. Historically speak ing, one can see human ac-tivity as a gigantic design machine, producing still greater numbers of objects and human-made environ-ments: from the millions of anon-ymous gadgets that fill our daily lives to pathbreaking innovations – toothbrushes and shopping malls, smartphones and kitchen machines, space stations and the internet. But the design machine has also left an enormous footprint on the surface of the planet – a footprint that, ac-cording to the latest research, is greater than the impact of all oth-er living things. Measured by mass, there is more plastic on Earth than all land animals and marine crea-tures combined, and human-made materials now outweigh the entire biomass of the planet.2 If one were to make an asset list for humanity, it would no doubt include our capaci-ty to imagine what our surroundings could be like and then realize this vision, either individually or togeth-er. It is this capacity that has given us everything from flint axes through settlement to spaceships and the strategies of multinational compa-nies. But as a species, we have yet to fully grasp the consequences of our actions, and it currently seems impossible for humanity to set a course towards a more sustainable life on Earth, despite our scientific insight into the noxious effects of our activities. Before the spring of 2020, the idea of humanity unit-ing against a common threat was confined to the realm of Hollywood films like The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, or Independence Day. But in 2021, we all expe-rienced the COVID -19 crisis, which rivalled the most egregious Hollywood film both in scale and in the global response it engendered. Though some nations neglect-ed the problem for far too long – and paid a steep price for doing so – the world as a whole showed itself to be remarkably capable of taking action when it needed to. One of the most significant aspects of the crisis is that, even in the earliest phases of the pandemic, despite the dearth of knowledge and evidence that was available at the time, there arose a more or less global acceptance of the virus’s existence and the need for multilateral co-operation. It, therefore, seems fitting to ask: what if the global consensus with which we fought a disease that kills humans could also be used to fight the disease af-flicting the planet?

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

639.99 ENG d

Penerbit

: Intellect., 2023

Deskripsi Fisik

276 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781789387179

Klasifikasi

639.99

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

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Subjek

Plant Conservation

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