Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?

David W. Orr

Chapter 29 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 215-221 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Evolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and cumulative long-term consequences of our own technological and demographic success. As cartoonist Walt Kelly once put it, “We've met the enemy, and he is us”…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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