Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era

by Imber,Jonathan B.

• ISBN13: 9780765804440
• ISBN10: 0765804441
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351306829
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-06-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Seizing the Future is a provocative and optimistic look at the way advances in scientific and technological knowledge will make amazing changes possible within the next decades. Zey argues that an end to social problems such as hunger and poverty and a concurrent increase in the worldwide standard of living are within our grasp. Rather than becoming an information society, our society will become a macroindustrial culture, emphasizing large-scale production.

Author Biography

Michael G. Zey is professor of management in the School of Business Administration at Montclair State University and executive director of the Expansionary Institute in Morristown, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
The Promise of a Better World	p. 15
The Imperative of Growth	p. 17
Hyperprogress: Humanity Takes Control in the Macroindustrial Era	p. 47
A Space of Our Own	p. 86
Breaking the Biological Constraints: Health and Longevity in the Macroindustrial Era	p. 118
Fields of Plenty: The Coming Era of Material Abundance	p. 159
The Pathway to the Macroindustrial Society	p. 191
The Family as a Catalyst for Growth: Creating the Macroindustrial Generation	p. 193
Revving Up the Knowledge Machine	p. 222
On the Frontiers of Human Potential: Purposive Self-Development in the Macroindustrial Era	p. 254
Creating the Expansionary Culture We Need	p. 287
Seize the Future! Crossing the Threshold to the Macroindustrial Era	p. 332
Epilogue to the Transaction Edition	p. 371
Notes	p. 443
Index	p. 469
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