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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our Worlddi Ziya Tong
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is a tremendously illuminating book. Thanks, Naomi Klein, for the recommendation! Tong reveals startling dimensions, the gnarled roots of the rules we live by, by blasting away the blinders of human society, with its dizzying array of logic loops and conditioning. Through peeling off the layers of orchestrated ignorance, Tong reveals the vital elements of our existence, all we don't see as we hurry through the flurry of our lock-step lives. This is one of those books I wish was required reading in schools. It's well-crafted and richly researched. It will send you spinning but leave you inspired, to feel connected to your being, your Earth community, and to use your mighty powers for good. ( ) Absolutely fantastic book, very readable, and with a bit of a Canadian focus at times, too! At the same time, this could actually be the most terrifying book I'll read this year. I don't want to blow any of the content surprises here, but after finishing this, I am in dread fear of the world we leave behind for our children. Read this book. I think I’m interested in the subject matter of this book, but I really disliked the popular-science-y, dumbed-down style. Tong treats her readers like distracted children who need to be engaged via the inclusive pronouns “you” and “we” (along with interactive exercises). I felt like I was reading an extended popular journalism piece (and I don’t mean that as a compliment). I could not push myself very far before quitting. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"From one of Canada's most engaging and socially engaged science journalists, a wide-ranging and wonder filled look at the hidden things that shape our world. A groundbreaking, fascinating book for our times. Ziya Tong brings to bear her scientific worldview and formidable understanding of the urgent problems that confront our world. The Reality Bubble provides a vivid picture of what stalks our blind spots and reveals how the way we look at the world has the power to shake civilization. With all of the curiosity and flair that drives her broadcasting, Tong takes us on a journey from the smallest nanoparticle to the very ideas of time and space, pausing along the way to consider the implications of research as diverse as the nature of animal languages, and the consequences of artificial fertilizers on your DNA. She'll explain fascinating science applications, such as the way police linked American nuclear testing to a murder mystery in Vienna. Throughout, what she discovers is that much of what we don't see is deliberately hidden from us. Although we live in a culture of increasingly intrusive surveillance, significant parts of the global system that sustains us are closely guarded secrets: where our food comes from, where our energy comes from, and where our waste goes. This vitally important new book shows how science, and the curiosity that drives it, can help civilization flourish not by providing us with new technology, but by shedding light on the world we inhabit, which is increasingly of our own creation. Fast-paced, utterly fascinating, and deeply humane, The Reality Bubble gives voice to the sense we've all had that there is more to the world than meets the eye."-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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