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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
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Eric
Nov 21, 2009 rated it really liked it
Are you a "fox" type thinker or a "hedge hog"? This is one of the interesting sidelights of Stewart Brand's book. He cites very many interesting sources, that I will be happily tracking down.

He argues that we should use science, evidence, to evaluate the problems and solutions in our current situation. He focuses on four heresies: cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. These are not all bad and might actually help save our bacon.

For a quick summary of his views see this
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