It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear

by Gregg Easterbrook

Book Overview

Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever?

Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more.

Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161039741X
• ISBN13: 9781610397414
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"