The Retro Future: Looking To The Past To Reinvent The Future
by John Michael Greer /
2017 / English / EPUB
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To most people paying attention to the collision between
industrial society and the hard limits of a finite planet, it's
clear that things are going very, very wrong. We no longer have
unlimited time and resources to deal with the crises that define
our future, and the options are limited to the tools we have on
hand right now.
To most people paying attention to the collision between
industrial society and the hard limits of a finite planet, it's
clear that things are going very, very wrong. We no longer have
unlimited time and resources to deal with the crises that define
our future, and the options are limited to the tools we have on
hand right now.
This book is about one very powerful option: deliberate
technological regression.
This book is about one very powerful option: deliberate
technological regression.
Technological regression isn't about 'going back,' it's about
using the past as a resource to meet the needs of the present. It
starts from the recognition that older technologies generally use
fewer resources and cost less than modern equivalents, and it
embraces the heresy of technological choice, our ability to
choose or refuse the technologies pushed by corporate interests.
People are already ditching smartphones in favor of 'dumb phones'
and land lines and eBook sales are declining, while printed books
rebound. Clear signs among many that blind faith in progress is
faltering and opening up the possibility that the best way
forward may well involve going back.
Technological regression isn't about 'going back,' it's about
using the past as a resource to meet the needs of the present. It
starts from the recognition that older technologies generally use
fewer resources and cost less than modern equivalents, and it
embraces the heresy of technological choice, our ability to
choose or refuse the technologies pushed by corporate interests.
People are already ditching smartphones in favor of 'dumb phones'
and land lines and eBook sales are declining, while printed books
rebound. Clear signs among many that blind faith in progress is
faltering and opening up the possibility that the best way
forward may well involve going back.
A must-read for anyone willing to think the unthinkable and
embrace the possibilities of a retro future.
A must-read for anyone willing to think the unthinkable and
embrace the possibilities of a retro future.John Michael Greer
John Michael Greer, one of the most influential
authors exploring the future of industrial society, writes the
widely cited blog The Archdruid Report. He has authored more than
forty books including
, one of the most influential
authors exploring the future of industrial society, writes the
widely cited blog The Archdruid Report. He has authored more than
forty books includingThe Long Descent
The Long Descent and
andDark Age
America
Dark Age
America. He lives in Cumberland, MD, an old mill town in the
Appalachians, with his wife Sara.
. He lives in Cumberland, MD, an old mill town in the
Appalachians, with his wife Sara.