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Glimpses of Utopia

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Unique IDLIB-00019899Alternative titleReal ideas for a fairer worldDateBetween 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2020Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionIncludes index and bibliographical references.
It’s hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What can we do? The answer is: plenty! All over the world, people are refusing the business-as-usual mindset and putting humans back into the civic equation, reimagining work and care, finance and government, urban planning and communication, to make them better and fairer for all.

Meet the care workers reclaiming control in India and Lebanon, the people turning slums into safe havens in Kenya and Bangladesh, and champions of people-powered digital democracy in Iceland and Taiwan. There are radical bankers funding renewable energy in the USA and architects redesigning real estate in Australia, new payment systems in Italy and the Philippines that keep money in local communities, and innovators redesigning taxation to cut pollution and incentivise creative solutions.

Glimpses of Utopia is a call for optimism. Humans everywhere are rising up to confront our challenges with creativity, resilience and compassion. Harnessing technology and imagination, we can reshape our world to be fair and sustainable.Copyright ownerJess ScullyLanguageEnglish (eng)AuthorJess ScullyIllustrationsNot illustratedPublisherPantera Press LimitedPlace of publicationNeutral Bay, NSW

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FormatPublication - BookDigitised recordNoBorn digital itemNo

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Number of pages410

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Dimensions (picklist)Other - see Dimensions noteDimensions (free text)24 X 15.5 cm

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Subject tagsEconomic developmentSustainable developmentTechnological innovationsSocial changePublic access statusOpen to public accessPublic access noteNon-circulating

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 303.4 SCULISBN/ISSN9781925700879

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Glimpses of Utopia