Life After Progress

Technology, Community and the New Economy

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Pages:250 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inch
Publisher:Local Futures
Pub. Date: October 25, 2022
ISBN: 9781732980419

Life After Progress

Technology, Community and the New Economy

Edited by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick
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From a renowned pioneer of the localization movement, an anthology of essays challenging the narrative that technological progress and an increasingly globalized economy will lead us to a better world

This collection of essays has been selected from 30 years of published articles, book chapters and blog posts by the staff of Local Futures, internationally known as pioneers of the emerging localization movement. Some of these writings involve a fundamental rethinking of our most basic assumptions—about progress, poverty, and happiness—while others seek the root causes of our multiple crises, from climate change and income inequality to the erosion of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism. All of them point towards the most strategic steps we can take to confront these problems and bring a healthier, happier world into being. Several of these prescient essays were written decades ago, but they have become even more relevant today as our crises deepen, and the need for systemic change becomes more apparent.