"Our purpose in writing this book is to understand the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic not as an isolated event but rather as a marker for the heightening tension between the exponential Homo sapiens population increase and the concomitant threat to the biosphere-crises that the world order must address. Responsive strategies to the pandemic challenge require a rational, worldwide, macro approach rather than inadequate micro policy choices. Indeed, even a preliminary glance at the fragility of the world order reveals the necessity of substantial, systemic change. Accordingly, the authors hope that their inquiry will interest policy makers who care about our species' difficult journey through the centuries to come"--
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