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The Empathic Civilization: The Race To Global Consciousness In A World In Crisis (2000)

by Jeremy Rifkin(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0745641458 (ISBN13: 9780745641454)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Polity Press

review 1: An argument for inclusive collaborative systems over authoritarian competitive ones. Rifkin charts the evolution of human consciousness, showing that as communications technology evolves, so too does human empathic awareness. He argues that compassion, reciprocity and cooperation are natural instincts that allowed human civilization to arise and will be required to successfully deal with the entropic costs of that civilization. Well reasoned and researched.
review 2: Jeremy Rifkin ideas are inspiring for anyone in technology. The thesis that the dynamic between communication and energy techonlogies basically shaped human consciousness gives soul and purpose for engineers and scientists, repleacing the goal from progress based on material acumulation and consu... moremption, to empathic bonding and human fulfilment.That being said, it's a repetitive book, the same ideas are stated again and again. The main substance of the book is the background to support the thesis, which is great for people not very well versed in anthropology. If you think you wouldn't find that interesting, then you should only read his theories on distributed capitalism online. less

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