It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear
Autor Gregg Easterbrooken Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 feb 2018
Most
people
who
read
the
news
would
tell
you
that
2017
is
one
of
the
worst
years
in
recent
memory.
We're
facing
a
series
of
deeply
troubling,
even
existential
problems:
fascism,
terrorism,
environmental
collapse,
racial
and
economic
inequality,
and
more.
Yet
this
narrative
misses
something
important:
by
almost
every
meaningful
measure,
the
modern
world
is
better
than
it
ever
has
been.
In
the
United
States,
disease,
crime,
discrimination,
and
most
forms
of
pollution
are
in
long-term
decline,
while
longevity
and
education
keep
rising
and
economic
indicators
are
better
than
in
any
past
generation.
Worldwide,
malnutrition
and
extreme
poverty
are
at
historic
lows,
and
the
risk
of
dying
by
war
or
violence
is
the
lowest
in
human
history.
It's
not
a
coincidence
that
we're
confused--our
perspectives
on
the
world
are
blurred
by
the
rise
of
social
media,
the
machinations
of
politicians,
and
our
own
biases.
Meanwhile,
political
reforms
like
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
technological
innovations
like
the
hybridization
of
wheat
have
saved
huge
numbers
of
lives.
In
that
optimistic
spirit,
Easterbrook
offers
specific
policy
reforms
to
address
climate
change,
inequality,
and
other
problems,
and
reminds
us
that
there
is
real
hope
in
conquering
such
challenges.
In
an
age
of
discord
and
fear-mongering,It's
Better
Than
It
Lookswill
profoundly
change
your
perspective
on
who
we
are,
where
we're
headed,
and
what
we're
capable
of.
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ISBN-13: 9781610397414
ISBN-10: 161039741X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
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ISBN-10: 161039741X
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Gregg
Easterbrookis
the
author
of
ten
books,
two
of
themNew
York
TimesNotable
Books.
He
was
a
national
correspondent
for
theAtlantic,
and
since
then
has
been
a
contributing
editor.
He
is
a
former
visiting
fellow
of
the
Brookings
Institution
(dual
fellowship
in
economics
and
in
governance
studies)
and
a
distinguished
fellow
of
the
Fulbright
Foundation.
He
often
writes
for
theAtlantic(nine
cover
stories),New
Republic(seventeen
cover
stories),
andNew
York
Times(thirty-three
op-ed
pieces
and
counting).
He
has
been
a
politics
columnist
for
Reuters
and
a
sports
columnist
for
ESPN.
He
has
written
for
theNew
Yorker,Science,Wall
Street
Journal,Wired,Esquire,Washington
Monthly,
andLos
Angeles
Times.
Recenzii
"Besides
providing
new
ammunition
for
optimists,
Mr.
Easterbrook's
aim
in
this
important
book
is
to
identify
what
we've
been
doing
right
and
to
consider
what
we
can
do
about
the
still
pressing
problems
we
face...
Mr.
Easterbrook
wants
to
make
optimism
intellectually
respectable
again,
and
he
has
done
so
with
cogent
arguments
and
bountiful
evidence."—Michael
Shermer,Wall
Street
Journal
"'It's Better Than It Looks' makes many good arguments about inequality...Easterbrook is good on democracy and dictatorship (democracy is better at money and better at war). He is also good on climate change (the technical solutions are there, and all will be fine 'if society chooses reform,' though that choice is surely the crux of the problem)."—Angus Deaton,New York Times Book Review
"Easterbrook sets out to disabuse readers of any casual pessimism and equip them with enough facts and arguments to silence dinner parties from now till kingdom come... rich in detail and observation."—Philip Delves Broughton,Weekly Standard
"Countering the usual pessimism disseminated by the 'experts' and rebroadcast by the 'if it bleeds, it leads' media, 'It's Better Than It Looks' ably defends the view that the grand sweep of history has gone from generally bad to generally good for the vast majority of the world's populace. Whether the book surveys global food supply, infectious diseases, the natural system, the economy, violence, technology or governance, the overall outlook consistently comes up positive, according to Mr. Easterbrook. His impressive, rather objective, amply-referenced, perspicacious analysis supports his optimism."—Anthony Sadar,Washington Times
"Terrific...Easterbrook's core conclusions are compelling, and he writes with a journalist's flair."—Foreign Affairs
"An argument worth considering."—Kirkus Reviews
"America, like most of the world, has fallen prey to a false and destructive narrative: the belief that everything is getting worse. In this important and compelling book, Gregg Easterbrook sets the record straight. His refreshing analysis can restore our optimism and help heal our poisoned politics."—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
"It's Better Than It Looksis a welcome corrective to our fashionable pessimism that things are bad and getting worse, by providing a wealth of evidence that the reverse is true. Gregg Easterbrook is clear-eyed nonetheless in facing up to present challenges, and reminds us that there is always a way forward out of seemingly unsolvable problems."—Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University
"Gregg Easterbrook regrets to inform you that the future is a lot rosier than you've heard. Not only are things Not So Terrible, they are actually Quite Good-and Getting Better. The world's citizens are living longer, economies are expanding, and we produce more food than we can eat. He even suggests that our most intractable problems, like economic equality and climate change, can be ameliorated in our lifetimes.It's Better Than It Looksis anything but Panglossian. It serves up persuasive arguments mustered by a trenchant, erudite and consummately un-boring writer. Start reading - you'll become a believer, too."—Alex Beam, Boston Globe columnist
"I highly recommend that every college and university president purchase enough copies ofIt's Better Than It Looksto give to every one of their students...Understanding how the world has improved, and will improve in their lifetimes, may be amongst the most important things that we can teach them.It's Better Than It Looksis a good place to start."—Joshua Kim,Inside Higher Ed
"Easterbrook marshals the extensive evidence that things are getting better for most people in most areas of life-even as politicians of the left and (especially) the right push a false narrative of decline and 'carnage.' Chapters on how the world is meeting the challenge of climate change and why nature can never collapse are particularly strong... a strong, teachable, empirical case for optimism about why, to use the title of the concluding chapter, 'it will never be too late.'"—CHOICE
"'It's Better Than It Looks' makes many good arguments about inequality...Easterbrook is good on democracy and dictatorship (democracy is better at money and better at war). He is also good on climate change (the technical solutions are there, and all will be fine 'if society chooses reform,' though that choice is surely the crux of the problem)."—Angus Deaton,New York Times Book Review
"Easterbrook sets out to disabuse readers of any casual pessimism and equip them with enough facts and arguments to silence dinner parties from now till kingdom come... rich in detail and observation."—Philip Delves Broughton,Weekly Standard
"Countering the usual pessimism disseminated by the 'experts' and rebroadcast by the 'if it bleeds, it leads' media, 'It's Better Than It Looks' ably defends the view that the grand sweep of history has gone from generally bad to generally good for the vast majority of the world's populace. Whether the book surveys global food supply, infectious diseases, the natural system, the economy, violence, technology or governance, the overall outlook consistently comes up positive, according to Mr. Easterbrook. His impressive, rather objective, amply-referenced, perspicacious analysis supports his optimism."—Anthony Sadar,Washington Times
"Terrific...Easterbrook's core conclusions are compelling, and he writes with a journalist's flair."—Foreign Affairs
"An argument worth considering."—Kirkus Reviews
"America, like most of the world, has fallen prey to a false and destructive narrative: the belief that everything is getting worse. In this important and compelling book, Gregg Easterbrook sets the record straight. His refreshing analysis can restore our optimism and help heal our poisoned politics."—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
"It's Better Than It Looksis a welcome corrective to our fashionable pessimism that things are bad and getting worse, by providing a wealth of evidence that the reverse is true. Gregg Easterbrook is clear-eyed nonetheless in facing up to present challenges, and reminds us that there is always a way forward out of seemingly unsolvable problems."—Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University
"Gregg Easterbrook regrets to inform you that the future is a lot rosier than you've heard. Not only are things Not So Terrible, they are actually Quite Good-and Getting Better. The world's citizens are living longer, economies are expanding, and we produce more food than we can eat. He even suggests that our most intractable problems, like economic equality and climate change, can be ameliorated in our lifetimes.It's Better Than It Looksis anything but Panglossian. It serves up persuasive arguments mustered by a trenchant, erudite and consummately un-boring writer. Start reading - you'll become a believer, too."—Alex Beam, Boston Globe columnist
"I highly recommend that every college and university president purchase enough copies ofIt's Better Than It Looksto give to every one of their students...Understanding how the world has improved, and will improve in their lifetimes, may be amongst the most important things that we can teach them.It's Better Than It Looksis a good place to start."—Joshua Kim,Inside Higher Ed
"Easterbrook marshals the extensive evidence that things are getting better for most people in most areas of life-even as politicians of the left and (especially) the right push a false narrative of decline and 'carnage.' Chapters on how the world is meeting the challenge of climate change and why nature can never collapse are particularly strong... a strong, teachable, empirical case for optimism about why, to use the title of the concluding chapter, 'it will never be too late.'"—CHOICE