UK Book Publishing
Rhymes From A Dying Planet: Rhyming Polemics Vol 2
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- Jonathan Kaufman
- UK Book Publishing
- Paperback
- 9781915338457
- 8 X 5.25 X 0.14 inches
- 0.18 pounds
- Poetry > Subjects & Themes - Nature
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
The role of the individual is largely insignificant in world affairs but it's not zero. Each of us can make an intervention. And each of us should. Jettison the car pethaps. Cease one's addiction to flying. Change to a more sustainable diet. Rage against the polluting corporates. Turn the pen against the propaganda machine. Take radical action as befits the circumstances. All this has to be better than passivity and despair.
Yes, we are a highly ingenious species. But also an incredibly shortsighted one. Which trait will win out in this lethal struggle between antithical poles? No way of knowing in advance of course, but best not bet your money on human ingenuity and rationality. We don't have a great track record in this regard. Our tribal and base instincts are still far too deeply ingrained.
So if you're waiting for the tech geeks to bail us out at the eleventh hour you may very well be disappointed. Far better to take your very own heroic stand now whilst the global eco-systems still allow. Maybe it's too late already, but maybe it's not. Either way, the head-in-the-sand option doesn't seem to have much going for it amidst the never ending fires, floods and life sapping droughts. Start by reading these polemical rhymes and take things from there.
Author Bio
Jonathan Kaufman is Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, editor and author. He is currently Executive Editor for Company News at Bloomberg News, overseeing more than 300 reporters and editors globally who cover technology, energy, autos, deals, industrials, consumer products, education, science and health. Projects he has overseen at Bloomberg have won numerous awards including finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, several George Polk Awards, an Overseas Press Club Award, a Gerald Loeb Award and Education Writers Association Grand Prize.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, Mr. Kaufman was deputy Page One editor at The Wall Street Journal and also served as the Wall Street Journal's China Bureau Chief, based in Beijing. He also served as Berlin Bureau Chief of the Boston Globe. As a reporter, Mr. Kaufman covered race and class issues in the workplace and on college campuses and wrote about race and women's issues in the extraordinary 2008 presidential campaign.
Mr. Kaufman has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of two well-reviewed books, "A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe" and "Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America" which won the National Jewish Book Award.
Source: jonathankaufman.org
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