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Author Homer-Dixon, Thomas F.

Title The ingenuity gap : facing the economic, environmental, and other challenges of an increasingly complex and unpredictable world / Thomas Homer-Dixon.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, 2002.
©2000

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  303.4833 H766I    Check Shelf
Edition First Vintage Books edition.
Description 485 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Contents Pt. 1. How are changing our relationship to the world? -- Careening into the future -- Our new world -- The big I -- pt. 2. Do we need more ingenuity to solve the problems of the future? -- Complexities -- An angry beast -- Glimpsing the abyss -- Unknown unknowns -- pt. 3. Can we supply the ingenuity we need? -- Brains and ingenuity -- Ingenuity and wealth -- Techno-hubris -- White-hot landscapes -- pt. 4. What does the ingenuity gap mean for our future? -- Vegas -- Patna.
Note Originally published: New York : Knopf, c2000.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-471) and index.
Subject Technology -- Social aspects.
Creative ability.
Social change.
ISBN 037571328X paperback
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