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Age of Discovery

By Ian Goldin

Age of Discovery Philosophy

Age of Discovery

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'A landmark new book.' - The Guardian Age of Discovery looks at the world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks the question, how do we avoid chaos and disruption, and share more widely the benefits of progress? Now is humanity's best moment. And our most fragile. Global health, wealth and education are booming. Scientific discovery is flourishing. But the same forces that make big gains possible for some of us deliver big losses to others-and tangle us together in ways that make everyone vulnerable. We've been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, redrew all maps of the world, liberated information and shifted Western civilization from the medieval to the early modern era. Such change came at a price: social division, political extremism, economic shocks, pandemics and other unintended consequences of human endeavour. Now is our second Renaissance. In the face of terrorism, Brexit, refugee crises and the global impact of a Trump presidency, we can flourish-if we heed the urgent lessons of history. Age of Discovery, revised and updated for this paperback edition, shows us how.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
560
Release Date:
2017-09-21
Publication Date:
2017-09-21
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
147294352X
ISBN13:
9781472943521
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
573 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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