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The future of humanity : from global civilization to great civilization /
Additional Prefaces from Theodore Jay Gordon, Hazel Henderson, Randeep Sudan, and new original material in each chapter. Considers impact of Covid-19 and influence beyond health and hygiene, impact on economic, social and geopolitical affairs, and the need to change established behaviour patterns in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol ; Chicago, IL :
Intellect,
2022.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- The Future of Humanity: From Global Civilization to Great Civilization
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword I
- Foreword II
- Foreword III
- Foreword IV
- Foreword V
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Where is humanity headed?
- Concerning human evolution
- What is technology?
- On future civilization
- Sustainable development and human beings
- Understanding China
- Let 's hope human beings can truly awaken
- 1. Deep Concern over the Direction of Technology Development
- The syndrome of technology worship
- Anxiety disorder due to technology
- Concerns over the direction of human evolution
- The technological revolution now unfolding
- The imminent disaster facing science and technology
- NOTES
- 2. The Crisis in Human Civilization Driven by the Theory of Scientific and Technological Omnipotence
- Human-machine civilization?
- If we let things go on unchanged, what will happen?
- Five "Wars" among three categories of species
- Are we qualified?
- Respect for life, reverence toward nature
- NOTES
- 3. What Is Technology?
- Technology in the broad sense
- Soft technology has been ignored for a long time
- The significance of understanding soft technology
- What determines the direction of technological innovation?
- The integration of hard and soft technologies in the field of human life and its risks
- Human beings must regulate technology-Never allow intelligent robots to control humans
- It 's not enough just to regulate and control
- NOTES
- 4. What Kind of Civilization Should Human Beings Pursue?
- The essence of Industrial Civilization
- Exploring the future evolution of humanity from social-humanity perspectives
- What kind of civilization should human beings pursue after industrial civilization?
- The Global Civilization
- Also worth thinking about
- NOTES
- 5. The Difficult Task of Creating a "Global Civilization"
- The transformation of civilization has a long way to go
- The development mode of each country can and should be unique
- Basic principles
- Beyond Global Civilization, prospect of the Great Civilization
- The process of Great Civilization
- NOTES
- 6. Can Humans Eventually Create a Great Civilization?
- The power of education and persuasion
- Human beings can and should agree on common values
- Ideal human societies have certain characteristics in common
- Human beings have never stopped striving to create an ideal society
- NOTES
- 7. Integrating the Values of Global Civilization into the Practice of Sustainable Development-The Case of China
- Redefining sustainable development-a paradigm shift for human survival and development
- Sustainable development and China 's practice
- Striving to build an innovative country: Moving from "imitation" to "innovation"