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Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors. The choices we make now will determine not only the shape of our future, but whether there will be, for us as a species, a future at all. But, if we are at such a crossroads, are we even properly aware of it? Governed by instincts rooted in the past, are we prepared to see what we need to see, to do what we need to do? As technology evolves, so must we; but how and in what direction? Are we unavoidably fated to trade liberty for security in ridding the world of terror and war? Humanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer all of these critical questions, while opening the dialogue for further debate. It arrives, in the process, at the startling conclusion that the very technology which threatens to destroy us, not merely its more favorable offshoots, is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Part I: Old Endings and New Beginnings
Chapter 1: The Turning Point
Chapter 2: The Hinge of Paradox
Chapter 3: Beyond the Turning Point
Chapter 4: Out of Division and Darkness
Chapter 5: Into Unity and Light
Chapter 6: The New World on the Horizon
Chapter 7: The Law of the Jungle and the Return to Eden
Chapter 8: How We Perceive the World
Chapter 9: When the Past Resists the Future
Chapter 10: Projections and Conclusions
Part II: Challenges Along the Way
Chapter 11: Problems of Perception and the Transfer of Knowledge
Chapter 12: The Problem of Selfish Individualism
Chapter 13: The Problem of Accelerating Change
Chapter 14: Problems with the Commercial Culture
Chapter 15: The Problem of the Larger Context
Chapter 16: The Issue of Collective Goods and "Bads"
Chapter 17: The Problem of Basic Need
Chapter 18: The Problem of Malignant Nationalism
Conclusions
Bibliography
