Overview
This book takes us through the seventeen major leaps in history that bring us to the development of our future. William Graham-Smith describes in each creative leap the birth of a new phase of history. From nothing came matter, a solar system, a world, life, the cerebral cortex and human communities, in the development of the capacities of human communities, choices have been made — hunter gatherers chose to develop agricultural skills, and agriculturalists chose to develop machines. The development was chaotic, and we now live in a situation of global chaos. Our knowledge of development shows, Graham-Smith argues, that we have the potential to transform the chaos into sustainable development.
Synopsis
This book takes us through the seventeen major leaps in history that bring us to the development of our future. William Graham-Smith describes in each creative leap the birth of a new phase of history. From nothing came matter, a solar system, a world, life, the cerebral cortex and human communities, in the development of the capacities of human communities, choices have been made — hunter gatherers chose to develop agricultural skills, and agriculturalists chose to develop machines. The development was chaotic, and we now live in a situation of global chaos. Our knowledge of development shows, Graham-Smith argues, that we have the potential to transform the chaos into sustainable development.