Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future argues that the crises of climate change and peaking oil production are really one: a carbon problem. The book brings together six world-class experts to explore where we stand now and where we might be headed. Learn more »

The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization sets out a theory of the growth, crisis, and renewal of societies. Some kinds of crisis can open up extraordinary opportunities for creative, bold reform of our societies, if we’re prepared to exploit these opportunities when they arise. Learn more »

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Podcasts

March 23rd, 2007 —

Podcast: Electric Politics “Urbi et Orbi” Interview

Thomas Homer-Dixon is a respectable, intelligent fellow, and though he speaks about impending catastrophe in a low-key way the message gets through loud and clear: there’s going to be serious cleaning up to do. Which is more or less the point of his latest book, The Upside of Down.

Episode information: http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2007/03/urbi_et_orbi.html

Listen to the podcast:

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Tags: Complexity, Synchronous Failure, Values

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