{"product_id":"havoc-thy-name-is-twenty-first-peter-pogany-9781491739006","title":"Havoc, Thy Name Is Twenty-First Century!: Thermodynamic Isolation and the New World Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust to \u003ci\u003emaintain\u003c\/i\u003e our standard of living, we need to grow the worldwide economy at an unsustainable rate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs we seek to hit such lofty targets, we're bound to deplete our resources and cause environmental crises on a scale that we have never seen before. Revolutions, terrorism, and wars will follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Pogany examines the problems we face and argues that human culture is governed by thermodynamic cycles of steady states interrupted by chaotic transitions. Specifically, he postulates that a steady state was interrupted by World War I, with a chaotic transition following World War II, which has led us to the current world order.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis theory predicts that global society is drifting toward a new form of self-organization that will recognize limits to demographic-economic expansion - but only after we go through a new chaotic transition that will start sometime between now and the 2030s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHavoc, They Name is Twenty-First Century, \u003c\/i\u003e delivers sobering thoughts on where the world is headed, but it also offers a glimpse of a bright future that we can embrace once we get through the darkness to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Pogany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491739002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491739006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Peter Pogany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829563683071,"sku":"9781491739006","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40c1d91d-34ac-4115-8ec0-33c7df2ba6b1.jpg?v=1708451121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/havoc-thy-name-is-twenty-first-peter-pogany-9781491739006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}