{"product_id":"9780998855905","title":"Let's Prehend: A Manual of Human Ecology and Culture Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eLet’s Prehend is a sweeping description of ecology, society, culture,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeconomy, politics, and humans themselves, measuring and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanalyzing them all with one simple pair of variables:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntensity (\u003cem\u003ei\u003c\/em\u003e) and Extent (\u003cem\u003eE\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains the preface, introduction, and first five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapters of the book, laying out the concept and beginning to show\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow the analysis can be applied to many of the world’s pressing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eissues. The last half of the book is supplied online for free on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewebsite, along with 85 short essays addressing particular issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause no one book can provide solutions to all the world’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproblems, the author insisted that the subitle be “A Manual of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman Ecology and Culture Design.” However, the book itself,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand even more particularly the additional essays, contain so many\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrilliantly simple solutions to seemingly insoluble problems that it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis only fair to write that this is also a “reconstruction handbook”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor many of Earth’s human-caused difficulties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Earl Williamson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50086433194224,"sku":"9780998855905","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998855905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}