{"product_id":"pandemic-perspectives-howard-burton-9781771703031","title":"Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2022 Howard Burton launched the Pandemic Perspectives Project: a documentary film, podcast series and this engagingly candid collection of essays that chart his personal quest to make some sense of the COVID-19 pandemic through his interaction with a diverse array of 32 experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirectly inspired by the award-winning writer, physician and self-professed \"biology watcher\" Lewis Thomas, Howard takes us on a thought-provoking tour of a wide range of key societal issues, from biology to politics to contemporary morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamples of societal issues that are examined: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe need to rethink current educational practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe future of scientific research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe challenges of making evidence-based public policy in an age of rapid information and misinformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe widespread confusion about how science actually works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe importance of balancing basic and applied research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe implications for coherently addressing climate change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tension between individual liberties and communitarian ideals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe need to critically evaluate the level of care in our society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe importance of looking at history during a time of crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe perils of nationalism and the necessity of thinking globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo what extent the pandemic has revealed our true moral nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisit our website for details about the documentary film, \u003cem\u003ePandemic Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e: https: \/\/ideasroadshow.com\/.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Burton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771703032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771703031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Agenda Publishing Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Howard Burton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45331879723263,"sku":"9781771703031","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b6e27d4-4ed7-428c-96f2-8231253696ef.jpg?v=1713971128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pandemic-perspectives-howard-burton-9781771703031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}