Our One and Only Spaceship: Reflections of a Misanthropic Ecologist -- Eric R. Pianka
Our One and Only Spaceship:
Reflections of a Misanthropic Ecologist
© Eric R. Pianka
Cover
Preface
1.
Human Nature
Hunter-Gatherers
Human Rationality and Emotions
Human Instincts
The Dark Side of Human Nature
Population Growth
Return to a Hunter-Gatherer Existence
2. Human Brains: Windows of Lucidity
Human Cleverness
Manipulation
Knowledge
Understanding
Wisdom
Scientific Method
Natural Selection
3.
The Vanishing Book of Life on Earth
A Zoo for Love
Prairie Thunder
Conservation Biology
The Human Microbiome
4. Our One and Only Spaceship
Anthropocentrism
"Intelligent" Design?
The Tragedy of the Commons
Trashing Our Life Support Systems
Global Weather Modification
Anthropogenic Extinctions
5. Stalemate
Arrogant Ignorance and Blind Optimism
Technology
Technological "Advances"
6. Pyramids and Ponzi Schemes
Exponential Population Growth
People are Good, More are Better
Land: Quantity versus Quality
Agriculture
Our Economic "System"
Corporations
Money
Spin Offs of Overpopulation
Domino Effects in Two Parts
7. Energy, Food, and Sewage
Energy
Laws of Thermodynamics
Food
Sewage
Cities
8. Solutions
Changes Needed
Birth Control
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
9. Choices
Selection for Uncaring Humanoids
Quiverfull Sect
Volition or Enforcement?
Return to the Hunter-Gatherer Mode
Packing Your Survival Kit
10. Space: The Final Frontier?
Requiem -- Kurt Vonnegut
Last updated 15 September 2014 by Eric R. Pianka
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