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September 14, 2004
Connexity. How to live in a Connected World
| Title | Connexity. How to live in a Connected World | |
| Author | Geoff Mulgan | |
| Publisher | Random House, London | |
| Date | 1997 | |
| ISBN | 0 7011 6396 8 | |
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| Geoff Mulgan argues that our freedom and our connectedness are set on a collision course. Although the achievement of much greater freedom is something to be cherished, we cannot afford to ignore the disorders it has produced, such as environmental decay, social and economic dividion and dwindling commitment in the home and the workplace. Drawing on a impressive array of ideas and disciplines, from the insights of evolutionary psychology to the predictions of business gurus, from cybernetics, systems theory and moral philosophy, Mulgan argues that the only way out of our current impasse is to go beyond our sense of ourselves as isolated units, and recognise the webs of mutual responsibility in which we live. | ||
Posted by Books Editor at September 14, 2004 09:33 PM