This book propagates a new way of thinking about managing our resources by integrating the
perspectives of complex systems theory and social psychology. By resources the authors mean
objects such as cell phones and cars and human resources such as family members friends
and the small and large communities they belong to. As we all face the replace or repair
dichotomy readers will understand how to repair themselves their relationships and
communities accept the new normal and contribute to repairing the world. The book is offered
to Zoomers growing up in a world where it seems everything is falling apart people in their
30s and 40s who are thinking about how to live a fulfilling life people from the Boomers
generation who are thinking back on life and how to repair relationships. The Reader will
enjoy the intellectual adventure of connecting the natural and social worlds and understanding
the transition's pathways from a throwaway society to a repair society.
