{"product_id":"9781771422536","title":"The Retro Future: Looking to the Past to Reinvent the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo most people paying attention to the collision between industrial society and the hard limits of a finite planet, it's clear that things are going very, very wrong. We no longer have unlimited time and resources to deal with the crises that define our future, and the options are limited to the tools we have on hand right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about one very powerful option: deliberate technological regression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnological regression isn't about 'going back,' it's about using the past as a resource to meet the needs of the present. It starts from the recognition that older technologies generally use fewer resources and cost less than modern equivalents, and it embraces the heresy of technological choice, our ability to choose or refuse the technologies pushed by corporate interests. People are already ditching smartphones in favor of 'dumb phones' and land lines and eBook sales are declining, while printed books rebound. Clear signs among many that blind faith in progress is faltering and opening up the possibility that the best way forward may well involve going back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read for anyone willing to think the unthinkable and embrace the possibilities of a retro future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Michael Greer\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most influential authors exploring the future of industrial society, writes the widely cited blog The Archdruid Report. He has authored more than forty books including \u003cem\u003eThe Long Descent\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDark Age America\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Cumberland, MD, an old mill town in the Appalachians, with his wife Sara.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139964420336,"sku":"9781771422536","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771422536_p0.jpg?v=1769890651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771422536","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}