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DESCRIPTION:\n\nChapters 6 and 7 of Craig Dilworth’s\n"TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN 
 GOOD"\nPresented by Ken Peterson\n\nWe will continue to discuss Craig 
 Dilworth‘s unique history of our species written from the perspective of 
 the failure of technology to ultimately solve our deepest problems: Too 
 Smart for Our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of Humankind. In this 
 book the author presents the thesis, the “Vicious Circle Principle,” 
 that from the beginning of Homo Sapien’s existence, our species’ 
 development from the first rock tools has consisted of an accelerating 
 movement from situations of scarcity, to technological innovation, to 
 increased resource availability, to increased consumption, to population 
 growth, to resource depletion, to scarcity once again, and so on, leading 
 after more than 200,000 years to today’s population overshoot, extreme 
 environmental stress, and approaching resource limits.\n\nIn our past two 
 sessions we focused on the book’s earlier chapters which deal with the 
 scientific background for the Vicious Circle Principle and the history of 
 humankind from this perspective.  In our final session for this book we 
 will discuss the last two chapters, 6 and 7, which deal with the Vicious 
 Circle Principle as it is playing out today.  We will begin with a 
 20-minute presentation by Ken Peterson, who will afterwards facilitate a 
 group discussion.  Participants are expected to have read the book, or part 
 of it, or at least have begun reading it or a review of it, so that we can 
 all be “up to speed” during our discussion.\n\nIf you appreciate the 
 study of anthropology, ecology, and history, and if you understand that we 
 humans are not doing well at solving our deepest problems with development 
 of yet more complex social structures and technology, then this evening’s 
 program, Earth Awareness, is for you!\n\nWheelchair accessible around the 
 corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are expected\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/01/18729230.php
SUMMARY:Discussion of "Too Smart for Our Own Good."
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/01/18729230.php
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