{"product_id":"9781491738993","title":"Havoc, Thy Name Is Twenty-First Century!: Thermodynamic Isolation and the New World Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust to \u003ci\u003emaintain\u003c\/i\u003e our standard of living, we need to grow the worldwide economy at an unsustainable rate.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs we seek to hit such lofty targets, we’re bound to deplete our resources and cause environmental crises on a scale that we have never seen before. Revolutions, terrorism, and wars will follow.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePeter Pogany examines the problems we face and argues that human culture is governed by thermodynamic cycles of steady states interrupted by chaotic transitions. Specifically, he postulates that a steady state was interrupted by World War I, with a chaotic transition following World War II, which has led us to the current world order.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHis theory predicts that global society is drifting toward a new form of self-organization that will recognize limits to demographic-economic expansion – but only after we go through a new chaotic transition that will start sometime between now and the 2030s.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHavoc, They Name is Twenty-First Century,\u003c\/i\u003e delivers sobering thoughts on where the world is headed, but it also offers a glimpse of a bright future that we can embrace once we get through the darkness to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157066367216,"sku":"9781491738993","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491738993_p0.jpg?v=1763659384","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491738993","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}