{"product_id":"9781910406076","title":"The Tree of Innocence","description":"This book is a critique of the kind of human knowledge - religious, scientific, philosophical, political - that is supposed to explain and manage our existence. The author calls it Big-Knowledge. 'The Tree of Innocence' explains how it is faulty and the degree to which it misleads us.\u003cp\u003eBig-Knowledge also faces a gigantic upheaval. A specific human activity, the collecting of information about everything and collating it into a world-view would stop if humans disappeared altogether. Any knowledge left in the world would be just the innate nature of the remaining organisms though that is a huge amount of knowledge, far bigger and very different from the 'Big' kind we have accumulated in our brief history on earth. The world without us will lose our Big-Knowledge, and it is inconceivable that the world will suffer in the slightest as a result. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt present, many, perhaps a majority, of human beings do presume to be under the aegis of gods, or a 'God'. How would they react to the realisation that neither gods, nor nature, nor the universe, have the slightest concern for the fate of humanity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternatively, how would it be if we took a long, hard look at ourselves and the global environment and decided to optimise our chances? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our famous Big-Knowledge, there's some idea of what needs to be done to secure our future on earth. Being practical, as our environment is falling apart under our 'management', we could decide and implement a survival strategy. But, so far, we have merely demonstrated our ineptitude. There is virtually no sign yet of any useful action to avert a human apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fisher King Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050270212336,"sku":"9781910406076","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910406076_p0.jpg?v=1763627126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910406076","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}