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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

English - October 16, 2013 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
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Weisman offers a long-awaited follow-up to The World Without Us, his brilliant thought experiment that considered how the Earth could heal if relieved of humanity’s constant pressures. Now, after traveling to more than 20 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth—he explores the complexity of calculating how many humans this planet can hold without capsizing.