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Environmental Communication and the Extinction Vortex
Kramer, Eric Mark; Adkins, Gabriel; Kim, Sang-Ho; Miller, Greg
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Description for Environmental Communication and the Extinction Vortex
Series: Communication, Comparative Cultures and Civilizations. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMC; RNT. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
This book is about the anthropic epoch and the extinction vortex we are witnessing. Currently a mass extinction of species is occurring. At the same time a mass extinction of languages and cultures is also occurring. These two mass extinctions, biological and cultural, are linked. Currently, transhumanists hope against hope to upload their minds into virtual reality to escape death. Both extinctions and the plan to escape them by uploading our minds into computer networks are rooted in a narcissistic delusion of immortal self-actualization. This is a pathetic death-defying delusion of late modernity - hypertrophic selfishness. The common denominator is ... Read more
This book is about the anthropic epoch and the extinction vortex we are witnessing. Currently a mass extinction of species is occurring. At the same time a mass extinction of languages and cultures is also occurring. These two mass extinctions, biological and cultural, are linked. Currently, transhumanists hope against hope to upload their minds into virtual reality to escape death. Both extinctions and the plan to escape them by uploading our minds into computer networks are rooted in a narcissistic delusion of immortal self-actualization. This is a pathetic death-defying delusion of late modernity - hypertrophic selfishness. The common denominator is ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hampton Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Communication, Comparative Cultures and Civilizations
Number of Pages
416
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781612891385
SKU
V9781612891385
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