Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World

Jess Scully
Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World

Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World

Jess Scully

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It's hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is- plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, reimagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all.
Meet the care workers reclaiming control in India and Lebanon, the people turning slums into safe havens in Kenya and Bangladesh, and champions of people-powered digital democracy in Iceland and Taiwan. There are radical bankers funding renewable energy in the USA and architects redesigning real estate in Australia, new payment systems in Italy and the Philippines that keep money in local communities, and innovators redesigning taxation to cut pollution and incentivise creative solutions.
Glimpses of Utopia is a call for optimism. Humans everywhere are rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. Harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable. This book shows us how.
"Our globalised Industrial system, built for an era of ecological stability, is showing multiple signs of unravelling. Thankfully people like Jess Scully have been researching the better world that could emerge as it does. Read her book and feel excited about what might lie ahead." Damon Gameau

Author:   Jess Scully
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Books
ISBN:  

9780645498509


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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It's hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is- plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, reimagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all.
Meet the care workers reclaiming control in India and Lebanon, the people turning slums into safe havens in Kenya and Bangladesh, and champions of people-powered digital democracy in Iceland and Taiwan. There are radical bankers funding renewable energy in the USA and architects redesigning real estate in Australia, new payment systems in Italy and the Philippines that keep money in local communities, and innovators redesigning taxation to cut pollution and incentivise creative solutions.
Glimpses of Utopia is a call for optimism. Humans everywhere are rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. Harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable. This book shows us how.
"Our globalised Industrial system, built for an era of ecological stability, is showing multiple signs of unravelling. Thankfully people like Jess Scully have been researching the better world that could emerge as it does. Read her book and feel excited about what might lie ahead." Damon Gameau

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Author:   Jess Scully
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Books
ISBN:  

9780645498509


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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