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The author of Silent Partners suggests that humankind's success in modern times makes us blind to the current harbingers of chaos, such as the rise of infectious disease, climate and economic instability, population growth, and increased fanaticism. 25,000 first printing.
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Forget the year 2000 bug, says Eugene Linden, the world's in for something much bigger than power outages and fouled-up databases. The clues are everywhere, but what do they all mean? The Future in Plain Sight argues that the history of the world is full of ebbs and flows, periods of stability followed by instability. Every now and again, everything changes: the climate, the social order, the shape of the terrain. Linden outlines the nine major indications that the world is ready for another round of instability, claiming that the political, social, economic, environmental, and biological problems we all face today are not as unrelated or as random as they may seem.
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Yet Linden actively discredits most doomsday scenarios, which usually seem to blame some outside force for bringing on disaster. In his view, the existing problems will continue to feed upon and exacerbate each other. Crowded cities, for example, put further stress on a sick, polluted environment, allowing diseases to spread faster, while social and political unrest causes native populations to uproot and immigrate to other countries, creating new cycles of poverty, disease, and overpopulation.
Linden doesn't pretend to know how the human race will deal with these issues, nor does he claim to know all the answers. But The Future in Plain Sight tells a compelling and frightening story that deserves to be heard out. --Elisabeth Higgins
Eugene Linden writes about science, technology, and the environment for Time magazine and has contributed to The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Inc., National Geographic, and Foreign Affairs. His most recent book, Silent Partners, was cited as a notable book of 1986 by The New York Times. He has appeared on many television and radio shows, including Nightline, Firing Line, All Things Considered, McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, and Good Morning America. He lives in Nyack, New York, with his wife and three children.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication date1998
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- ISBN 13 9780684811338
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