EAN: 9780231199421

WHAT WOULD NATURE DO? - A GUIDE FOR OUR UNCERTA...

Not long ago  the future seemed predictable. Now  certainty about the course of civilization
has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires  ravaging storms  political upheavals  financial
collapse  and deadly pandemics lie ahead--or are already here. The world feels less
comprehensible and more dangerous  and no one  from individuals to businesses and governments 
knows how to navigate the path forward. Ruth DeFries argues that a surprising set of
time-tested strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather these crises. Through
trial and error over the eons  life has evolved astonishing and counterintuitive tricks in
order to survive. DeFries details how a handful of fundamental strategies--investments in
diversity  redundancy over efficiency  self-correcting feedbacks  and decisions based on
bottom-up knowledge--enable life to persist through unpredictable  sudden shocks. .

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