The Retro Future

The Retro Future

John Michael Greer

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Editorial:
Sphinx
Año de edición:
2024
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Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología sobre la sociedad
ISBN:
9781915952226
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An examination to discover a solution for the troubles of our modern age: technical regression.To most people paying attention to the collision between industrial society and the hard limits of a finite planet, it’s clear that things are going very, very wrong. We no longer have unlimited time and resources to deal with the crises that define our future, and the options are limited to the tools we have on hand right now.This book is about one very powerful option: deliberate technological regression.Technological regression isn’t about 'going back'-it’s about using the past as a resource to meet the needs of the present. It starts from the recognition that older technologies generally use fewer resources and cost less than modern equivalents, and it embraces the heresy of technological choice-our ability to choose or refuse the technologies pushed by corporate interests.People are already ditching smartphones and going back to 'dumb phones' and land lines and e-book sales are declining while printed books rebound. Clear signs among many that blind faith in progress is faltering and opening up the possibility that the best way forward may well involve going back.A must-read for anyone willing to think the unthinkable and embrace the possibilities of a retro future.

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