Steering human evolution : eighteen theses on homo sapiens metamorphosis /: eighteen theses on homo sapiens metamorphosis. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yehezkel Dror.
• Authors: Dror, Yehezkel, 1928-
• Contents: Introduction 1. Thesis One: there is total novelty under the sun: meta-evolution 2. Thesis Two: humankind is Homo creator 3. Thesis Three: humanity probably fails supermind test 4. Thesis Four: action now! Fateful neogenesis challenges 5. Thesis Five: action delayed: ripening neogenesis challenges 6. Thesis Six: tumbling into metamorphosis 7. Thesis Seven: stunned humanity will convulse 8. Thesis Eight: between kismet and karma 9. Thesis Nine: steering human evolution, however hazardous, is mandatory 10. Thesis Ten: ‘who shall decide’ is the historic question 11. Thesis Eleven: political leaders 2.0 are the main answer 12. Thesis Twelve: pluralist decision teams transform governance 13. Thesis Thirteen: without a global humankind-protecting regime the future is grim 14. Thesis Fourteen: humanity-craft guides evolution steering 15. Thesis Fifteen: rights of future require human duties now 16. Thesis Sixteen: globally demos is the foundation 17. Thesis Seventeen: motivation is the master-key 18. Thesis Eighteen: contained catastrophes are our best chance Epilogue: without a Second Axial Age progress may lead into spiritual wilderness
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 599.938; Human evolution
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000055597; 9781000049923; 9780367809997
• Related ISBNs: 9780367409401
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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