Civilized To Death: The Price of Progress Free Audiobook Download by Christopher Ryan
This audiobook is characterized by its satirical and biting nature. It's a book about the ills of civilization, environmentalism, and why humans are bad for the planet. Christopher Ryan critiques modern civilization as it goes along with examining the roots of our problems and how to fix them.
This audiobook download is an American journalist's reflections on how the movement of civilization has led to a society broken by envy and greed. He explains how this movement has been most often imposed by men over the centuries, with little regard for women or children, who have always borne the brunt of change in one form or another.
"Civilized to Death" is a book about how the human world has changed with our pursuit of efficiency and technology. The authors, Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá, argue that human beings have become so caught up in the quest for growth and progress that we have forgotten or sacrificed many things along the way. Over time, the authors believe that we have neglected the importance of culture, leisure, relationships, and happiness. As they argue in their book, these are all pillars on which society was built.
Our current economic and social model is based on the false premise that more wealth equals a better life. If we take a hard look at history, the truth is quite different. A hundred years ago, almost every major city in Europe had a population of less than one million people. Today, three-quarters of all Europeans live in urban areas of 3 million or more - including London and Paris.
Civilized To Death is a powerful, thought-provoking and sometimes jaw-dropping discussion of what humanity might have to give up to achieve complete, total and unquestioned technological domination. The author Christopher Ryan presents us with a startlingly dystopian vision of the future, in which all natural processes are completely mechanized and humans no longer take part in those processes.
"Civilized To Death" is a book about how our human nature evolved over time, and what purpose that evolution served. Ryan argues that after reaching a certain point in civilization, we invented tools to improve our quality of life that would eventually lead to self-destruction. For example, the invention of birth control helped create the sexual revolution which led to the spread of venereal disease, pornography and promiscuity.
Published Date | 2019-10-01 |
Duration | 9 hours 21 minutes |
Author | Christopher Ryan |
Narrated | Christopher Ryan |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Science & Technology |
Parent Category | Biology & Chemistry, Animals & Nature, Social Science |