Clean and tight and square with sharp corners. Page 132 has a gap where there were papers. 346 pages. First printing. The dust jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction

Publisher

Vanguard Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

1593156057

ISBN 13

9781593156053

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Book Type

Current Affairs

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Synopsis

Why can’t we solve our problems anymore? Why do threats such as the Gulf oil spill, worldwide recession, terrorism, and global warming suddenly seem unstoppable? Are there limits to the kinds of problems humans can solve?

Rebecca Costa confronts- and offers a solution to-these questions in her highly anticipated and game-changing book, The Watchman’s Rattle.

Costa pulls headline for today’s news to demonstrate how accelerating complexity quickly outpaces that rate at which the human brain can develop new capabilities. With compelling evidenced based on research in the rise and fall of Mayan, Khmer, and Roman empires, Costa shows how t ht tendency to find a quick solutions- leads to frightening long term consequence: Society’s ability to solve its most challenging, intractable problems becomes gridlocked, progress slows, and collapse ensues.

A provocative new voice in the tradition of thought leaders Thomas Friedman, Jared Diamond and Malcolm Gladwell, Costa reveals how we can reverse the downward spiral. Part history, part social science, part biology, The Watchman’s Rattle is sure to provoke, engage and incite change.

About the Author

About Rebecca D. Costa rebeccacosta.com

Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is a world renowned expert in the fieldof "fast adaptation." Costa's first book, The Watchman's Rattle A Radical New Theory of Collapse, wasan international bestseller. Her follow-on book, titled On the Verge was introduced in 2017 to criticalacclaim, shooting to the top of Amazon's #1 New Business Releases. Costa's work has been featured inThe New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, SF Chronicle, The Guardian, and other leadingpublications. Her weekly column, THE FIX, is presently featured on Newsmax. For more informationvisit rebeccacosta.com

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