{"product_id":"happy-daze-tom-jagtenberg-9780645175875","title":"Happy Daze: The Role of Optimism in our Downfall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHappy Daze\u003c\/strong\u003e exposes optimism as a mind altering cultural fix. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo much optimism has stimulated climate change denial and all manner of excessive human behaviours. Optimism may be life enhancing, but too much optimism has a corrupting influence. This book explains why and how optimism can lead to very bad outcomes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Jagtenberg's last book, \u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the Limits: A Planet in Crisis\u003c\/strong\u003e (Cilento Publishing, 2015), is a hard hitting and probing analysis of the underlying problems that define the possibilities of any response to the problem of climate change. No matter how hard politicians try to broker agreements curbing greenhouse gas emissions there are deeper obstacles that would seem to guarantee Planet Earth's ecological decline. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Jagtenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645175870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645175875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cilento Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Tom Jagtenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241071980799,"sku":"9780645175875","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40a7358b-b35f-4851-b06d-bda9fd174e06.jpg?v=1772652585","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/happy-daze-tom-jagtenberg-9780645175875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}