Книга: Gregg Easterbrook «Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed»
What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting wrong in the twenty-first? If Karl Marx were alive today, would he be hosting a show on Fox News? These are just a few of the provocative questions asked by Sonic Boom, a (mainly) optimistic look at the near future. Sonic Boom tells why the world’s economy is likely to be just fine, with prosperity increasing; why globalization will soon drive us even crazier than it does today; why “a chaotic, raucous, unpredictable, stress-inducing, free, prosperous, well-informed, and smart future is coming.” The book is rich with specific examples and advice on how to navigate your own way through the craziness that’s ahead. Forbes calls Gregg Easterbrook “the best writer on complex topics in the United States,” and Sonic Boom will show you why. Издательство: "Random House" (2012)
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7413-3 |
Gregg Easterbrook
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Gregg Edmund Easterbrook (born
Personal life
Gregg Easterbrook was born in Easterbrook has a bachelor's degree in political science from Career Easterbrook's journalistic style has been characterized as "hyper-logical" and he himself as "a thoughtful, deliberate, and precise journalist ... a polymath and a quick study."Jack Shafer. " [http://www.slate.com/id/2090091/ Blogosmear] ". " pace program Easterbrook has been a long time critic of the More recently, he has harshly criticized NASA's plans to construct a Lunar outpost on the Moon as a poor use of resources. He writes: According to Easterbrook, the billions of dollars that a lunar colony might cost should instead be devoted to environmental research on the Earth; reducing the costs of access to space; exploring the solar system with He again focused on the lack of technology to protect the Earth against asteroid and comet impacts in a June 2008 cover story for " A recurring theme in many of Easterbrook's space articles is a general opposition to human spaceflight. Easterbrook has criticized the Environment and global warming Easterbrook published a 1995 book " "A Moment on the Earth" proved to be very controversial, especially among environmentalists. Easterbrook was accused of mischaracterizing data concerning environmental health, using faulty logic, and being overly optimistic.T. H. Watkins. " [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3622/is_199507/ai_n8732307 In the company of scolds] " "Issues in Science and Technology." Summer 1995.] Other reviewers, like Until recently, Easterbrook had argued that Easterbrook publicly modified his position in 2006 as a result of scientific developments, writing, "As an environmental commentator, I have a long record of opposing alarmism. But based on the data I'm now switching sides regarding global warming, from skeptic to convert." He said that "the science has changed from ambiguous to near-unanimous" concerning an artificial Easterbrook is also a big supporter and admirer of Wellness and satisfaction Easterbrook's most recent book, "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse", published in December 2003, explores people's perception of their well being. The book focuses on statistical data indicating that Americans are better off in terms of material goods and amount of free time available but surveys show that they are not happier than before. Easterbrook argues that this has occurred due to choice anxiety and abundance denial. He revisited these issues in a 2008 article for the " Inflation was up in 2007, but this stands out because the 16 previous years were close to inflation-free; living standards are the highest they have ever been, including living standards for the middle class and for the poor. All forms of pollution other than greenhouse gases are in decline; cancer, heart disease and stroke incidence are declining; crime is in a long-term cycle of significant decline; education levels are at all-time highs. He adds that "Since 1992, the percentage of Americans who tell pollsters of the Pew Research Center they "can afford what they want" has risen steadily – from 39% in 1992 to 52% today, the highest ever. So why do we think the economy is failing?" He suggests that the modern news media is one reason for the disparity between improving conditions and decreasing satisfaction. "Whatever goes wrong in the country or around the world is telecast 24/7, making us think the world is falling to pieces – even when most things are getting better for most people, even in developing nations. If a factory closes, that's news. If a factory opens, that's not a story. He suggested a similar reason was partly responsible for people's perception that wars were becoming more common, when in fact they have become less so since 1991: Other work Easterbrook has written two novels, " "Kill Bill" controversy Easterbrook also had a This caused an uproar and accusations that Easterbrook and "The New Republic" were He further explained that he worships at "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" Tuesday morning Quarterback ("TMQ") was originally published on Slate. At the time of the "Kill Bill" controversy, Easterbrook's "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" column was appearing on the website of References External links * [http://www.greggeasterbrook.com Gregg Easterbrook.com] Notable articles * [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/8004.easterbrook-fulltext.html "Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty"] "Washington Monthly", April 1980 ports * [http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=gregg+easterbrook ESPN.com search for Gregg Easterbrook] Politics and other topics * [http://www.brook.edu/views/papers/easterbrook/20060517.htm Case Closed: The Debate about Global Warming is Over] Источник: Gregg EasterbrookAlthough, of course, the base could yield a great discovery, its scientific value is likely to be small while its price is extremely high. Worse, moon-base nonsense may for decades divert NASA resources from the agency's legitimate missions, draining funding from real needs in order to construct human history's silliest
Stung by criticism that the moon-base project has no real justification—37 years ago, President
Unemployment is 5.5%, low by historical standards; income is rising slightly ahead of inflation; housing prices are down, but the typical house is still worth a third more than in 2000; 94% of Americans do not have threatened mortgages, and of those who do, most will keep their homes.
Television, especially, likes to emphasize war because pictures of fighting, soldiers, and military hardware are inherently more compelling to viewers than images of, say, water-purification projects. Reports of violence and destruction are rarely balanced with reports about the overwhelming majority of the Earth's population not being harmed.Gregg Easterbrook. " [http://polisci.osu.edu/faculty/jmueller/EASTWAR.DOC Explaining 15 years of diminishing violence: The End of War?] " "New Republic". May 19, 2005.]
Set aside what it says about Hollywood that today even Disney thinks what the public needs is ever-more-graphic depictions of killing the innocent as cool amusement. Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, is Jewish; the chief of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, is Jewish. Yes, there are plenty of Christian and other Hollywood executives who worship money above all else, promoting for profit the adulation of violence. Does that make it right for Jewish executives to worship money above all else, by promoting for profit the adulation of violence? Recent European history alone ought to cause Jewish executives to experience second thoughts about glorifying the killing of the helpless as a fun lifestyle choice.
Twenty minutes after I pressed "send," the entire world had read it. When I reread my own words and beheld how I'd written things that could be misunderstood, I felt awful. To anyone who was offended I offer my apology, because offense was not my intent. But it was 20 minutes later, and already the whole world had seen it... My attempt to connect my perfectly justified horror at an ugly and corrupting movie to the religious faith and ethnic identity of certain executives was hopelessly clumsy...accusing a Christian of adoring money above all else does not engage any history of ugly stereotypes. Accuse a Jewish person of this and you invoke a thousand years of stereotypes about that which Jews have specific historical reasons to fear. What I wrote here was simply wrong, and for being wrong, I apologize.
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/88aug/easterbr.htm "Are We Alone?"] , "The Atlantic Monthly", August 1988
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97jan/borlaug/borlaug.htm "Forgotten Benefactor of Humanity"] "The Atlantic Monthly", January 1997
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/05/easterbrook.htm "Long Shot"] "The Atlantic Monthly", May 2003
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/doomsday.html "Debunking Doomsday"] "Wired", July 2003
* [http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2004/10education_easterbrook.aspx "Who Needs Harvard?"] "The Atlantic Monthly", October 2004
* "The Real Truth About Money" "Time" magazine,
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E1DA1038F933A05752C0A9639C8B63 "There Goes the Neighborhood"]
* [http://polisci.osu.edu/faculty/jmueller/EASTWAR.DOC "The End of War?"] "New Republic",
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/opinion/24easterbrook.html "Finally Feeling the Heat"] "New York Times",
* [http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2006/06energy_easterbrook.aspx "Case Closed: The Global Warming Debate Is Over"] Brookings Institution paper, May 2006
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2151538/ "TV Really Might Cause Autism"] "Slate",
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200806/asteroids "The Sky is Falling"] "The Atlantic Monthly", June 2008
* [http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=TMQ& ESPN.com search for TMQ]
* [http://www.deadspin.com/sports/espn/gregg-easterbrook-ready-to-haunt-page-2-again-169166.php Deadspin - Gregg Easterbrook Ready To Haunt Page 2 Again.]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2090091/ Blogosmear - Gregg Easterbrook and the perils of writing before you think] A "Slate" article By Jack Shafer
* [http://www.tnr.com/showBio.mhtml?pid=15 Easterbrook's archive at tnr.com]
* [http://www.tnr.com/easterbrook.mhtml?pid=868 Easterbrook's apology on the controversy]
* [http://www.beliefnet.com/author/author_78.html Easterbrook's Beliefnet.com columns]
* [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1549283,00.html Counterpoint: Gregg Easterbrook Reponds]
* [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2007/03/easterbrook_on.html Podcast featuring Easterbrook] Easterbrook discusses "The Progress Paradox" on
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