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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The modern industrialized world is a complex system on a scale never before witnessed in the history of humankind. Technologically dependent, globally interconnected, it offers seemingly limitless conveniences, choices, and opportunities. Yet this same modern civilization may be as unstable as a house of cards, fear complexity scientists like John Casti. All it would take to "downsize" our way of life is a nudge from what Casti calls an "X-event,...
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