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The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads
by Ervin Laszlo
from Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Stone, Bronze, Iron and then what?
  Laszlo claims we are just now moving beyond the Iron Age and what comes next is not clear. The worse things get, however, the more people will work for improvement. What we need is general agreement that all should live "in a way that allows all other people to live as well." Unbridled consumption is the way to global destruction. Like David Korten (The Great Turning), Laszlo optimistically looks to all those who meditate, eat wisely, recycle, etc. as the vanguard of the new age.

• The World at the Crossroads
  I very rarely review more than one book by the same author, but in this case it is absolutely justified.
  In the 1960s the Club of Rome was one of the first organizations to declare that there were "limits to growth." Today that seems so obvious, but then the very idea stirred up a hornet's nest of opposition.
  There are still plenty of people who are convinced that either there is no problem, or that we are going to innovate our way out of any potential difficulties.
  Many other experts are now... more info

• How to build a more sustainable world.
  THE CHAOS POINT: THE WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS predicts we have seven years to avoid global collapse and promote strategies for renewal - and tells how the modern world will change in that period of time. Chapters maintain we're at a critical junction in history and comes from the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory: THE CHAOS POINT builds upon his principles and surveys trends, how to head them off, and how to build a more sustainable world.
  Diane C. Donovan
  California... more info

• The Chaos Point
  I found this book to be profoundly important for all to read at this time in history. It is a true wake-up call to everyone, certainly in the U.S., but also for the whole planet. A must read.

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