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DESCRIPTION:\n\n"A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, 
 under our streets, and all around us.\n\nInfrastructure is a marvel, 
 meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and 
 productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is 
 the physical manifestation of our social contract—of our ability to work 
 collectively for the public good—and it consists of the most complex and 
 vast technological systems ever created by humans.\n\nA soaring bridge is 
 an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, 
 transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and 
 information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide 
 in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers 
 on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they 
 work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on 
 them—but also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs.\n\nAcross 
 the U.S. and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect 
 and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they 
 break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt 
 of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and 
 rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional but also 
 equitable, resilient, and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely 
 on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see 
 them—and fix them, together—before it’s too late."\n\nStrike Debt Bay 
 Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and 
 radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut 
 Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its 
 Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The 
 Deficit Myth,  Revenge Capitalism, the Edge of Chaos blog symposium 
 , Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons, The 
 Optimist’s Telescope, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing 
 Capitalism, Exploring Degrowth, The Origin of Wealth, Mine!, The Dawn 
 of Everything  A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Beyond 
 Money, Less is More,  Cannibal Capitalism,  Debt, the First 5000 Years 
 , Poverty, By America, End Times, Jackson Rising Redux and The Feminist 
 Subversion of the Economy.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/13/18861985.php
SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How Infrastructure Works
LOCATION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online 
 invite.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/13/18861985.php
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