Ten Billion
Written by Stephen Emmott
Narrated by Jonathan Cowley
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A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
Just over two hundred years ago, there were one billion humans on Earth.
There are now over seven billion of us.
And, sometime this century, the world population will reach at least ten billion.
Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us.
As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare.
Stephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront of research into complex natural systems, sounds the alarm. Ten Billion is a snapshot of our planet, and our species, approaching a crisis, and a stark analysis of where this leaves us. Ten Billion is not another climate book. Ten Billion is a book about us.
Stephen Emmott
Stephen Emmott es director de Ciencias Informáticas en Microsoft Research, profesor de Ciencias Informáticas en la Universidad de Oxford y miembro del Consejo de Administración del NESTA, el National Endowment for Science, Techonology and the Arts británico. El año pasado protagonizó Diez mil millones, espectáculo-monólogo montado por Katie Mitchell y representado en el Royal Court Theatre de Londres. Según Michael Billington, de The Guardian, fue el mayor acontecimiento escénico de 2012. Diez mil millones aparecerá en más de una docena de países simultáneamente.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5“Every which way you look at it, a planet of ten billion looks like a nightmare.” Emmott's short and spine-chilling read drives home the real costs of what humankind has done to the earth, and as the plague of humanity expands, will reap in the future. One of his final sentences is, “I think we’re fucked”. Read it, don't get defensive, it's short and to the point and might be just what the doubters need.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interesting read about the state of the earth by a scientist with a sense of urgency and a sense of humor. Lots of information points rather than heavy analysis. A good book to peek one's curiosity for more in-depth writings.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interesting read about the state of the earth by a scientist with a sense of urgency and a sense of humor. Lots of information points rather than heavy analysis. A good book to peek one's curiosity for more in-depth writings.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is a very easy read; it took me only about 30 minutes. The text is large, the pages are mostly white space, and there are quite a few illustrations. The information is well presented and truly frightening; however, because of the format, there was a lot more not said than was said. This would be at best a quick introduction to a very complicated subject; and the subject of his book, the population problem, is only occasionally mentioned as he works his way through a litany of environmental disasters that are either already happening or are expected to happen soon. For someone who is only just getting interested in this topic, this could prove a good starter book that points them on the way; there are many better books that deal with it in an in-depth way, and actually give some meaningful proposals to help resolve the situation.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A waste of paper.This is the most ridiculous book I've ever read. First of all most pages only have 2 or 3 lines on them. It's a small, thin, little book that is 2/3 empty. Secondly if you're too cowardly to talk about birth regulations and euthanasia don't write a book about our overpopulation. The entire book he talks about how we should prepare to an even more overpopulated world because doing something to lower out population is ridiculous according to him. As someone who has been interested in this subject for a rather long time and has been fighting to combat this problem, I'm deeply disappointed and would rather have this book removed. It gives you the false idea that nothing can be done which is a very dangerous lie.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book is a very easy read; it took me only about 30 minutes. The text is large, the pages are mostly white space, and there are quite a few illustrations. The information is well presented and truly frightening; however, because of the format, there was a lot more not said than was said. This would be at best a quick introduction to a very complicated subject; and the subject of his book, the population problem, is only occasionally mentioned as he works his way through a litany of environmental disasters that are either already happening or are expected to happen soon. For someone who is only just getting interested in this topic, this could prove a good starter book that points them on the way; there are many better books that deal with it in an in-depth way, and actually give some meaningful proposals to help resolve the situation.