Dark Age AheadIn this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobs—renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities—pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. |
Contents
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TWO Families Rigged to Fail | 27 |
THREE Credentialing Versus Educating | 44 |
FOUR Science Abandoned | 64 |
SEVEN Unwinding Vicious Spirals | 139 |
EIGHT Dark Age Patterns | 161 |