The optimist's telescope : thinking ahead in a reckless age / Bina Venkataraman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019Description: xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780735219472
- 0735219478
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 153.83 V461 | Available | 33111009379195 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 153.83 V461 | Available | 33111009702131 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
We live in a time of instant gratification, where we have forgotten to consider the long-term consequences of our actions. Whether it's decision about out health, our finances or our jobs, we lack the tools we need to choose what's best for the future. In The Optimist's Telescope, journalist and advisor in the Obama administration Bina Venkataraman draws on her own experience to highlight the surprising and successful practices that each of us can adopt to make smarter, more thoughtful choices that benefit us over time.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-307) and index.
Introduction: The trouble with the future -- Part 1. The individual and the family. Ghosts of the past and future ; Dashboard driving ; Beyond the here and now -- Part 2. Businesses and organizations. The quick fix ; A bird's eye view ; The glitter bomb -- Part 3. Communities and society. Hell or high water ; The games we play ; The living crowd -- Coda: Hope for a reckless age.
A former journalist and senior adviser in the Obama administration draws from her own experience, the stories she has reported from around the world, and research in biology, psychology, economics, archaeology, and beyond to identify the best ways to make decisions that benefit people over time.