{"product_id":"filters-against-folly","title":"Filters Against Folly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For 20 years Garrett Hardin has been our most hard-nosed thinker about ecological problems...\u003ci\u003eFilters Against Folly\u003c\/i\u003e makes provocative reading.\" -- Michael Crichton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ecological problems facing our world present a forum for experts to offer slogans and solutions on all sides of the issue, but leave most of us confused and unsure of the future. In this bracing book, Garrett Hardin offers a plan for clear thinking about these dangers. He shows how the filters of \u003ci\u003eliteracy, \u003c\/i\u003eunderstanding what words really mean; \u003ci\u003enumeracy, \u003c\/i\u003e being able to quantify and interpret information; and \u003ci\u003eecolacy, \u003c\/i\u003eassessment of complex interactions over time, can allow anyone to make sensible judgments about ecological issues--even in the face of a barrage of confusing expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFilters Against Folly\u003c\/i\u003e offers an antidote to some of the more perverse and dangerous irrationalities of our time: wishful self-delusion, educated incapacity, and foolhardy optimism...If ever this book were needed, it is needed today.\" -- Lynton K. Caldwell, School of Public Environmental Affairs, Indiana University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garrett Hardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906033381445,"sku":"BS-LIB-077292","price":24.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780140077292-HD.jpg?v=1776882059","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/en\/products\/filters-against-folly","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}