LEADER 05457nam 22007335 450 001 9910366650103321 005 20220603095653.0 010 $a3-030-29038-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-29038-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000009590497 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5962994 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-29038-2 035 $a(PPN)254838197 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009590497 100 $a20191017d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBefore the Collapse $eA Guide to the Other Side of Growth /$fby Ugo Bardi 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 311 $a3-030-29037-9 327 $aForword by Susan Kucera -- The Science of Doom: Modeling the Future -- Complex Systems and the Science of Collapse -- The Practice of Collapse -- Strategies for Managing Collapse -- What can we Learn from Seneca? -- Six things you should know before collapse. 330 $aNobody has to tell you that when things go bad, they go bad quickly and seemingly in bunches. Complicated structures like buildings or bridges are slow and laborious to build but, with a design flaw or enough explosive energy, take only seconds to collapse. This fate can befall a company, the stock market, or your house or town after a natural disaster, and the metaphor extends to economies, governments, and even whole societies. As we proceed blindly and incrementally in one direction or another, collapse often takes us by surprise. We step over what you will come to know as a ?Seneca cliff?, which is named after the ancient Roman philosopher, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who was the first to observe the ubiquitous truth that growth is slow but ruin is rapid. Modern science, like ancient philosophy, tell us that collapse is not a bug; it is a feature of the universe. Understanding this reality will help you to see and navigate the Seneca cliffs of life, or what Malcolm Gladwell called ?tipping points.? Efforts to stave off collapse often mean that the cliff will be even steeper when you step over it. But the good news is that what looks to you like a collapse may be nothing more than the passage to a new condition that is better than the old. This book gives deeper meaning to familiar adages such as ?it?s a house of cards?, ?let nature take its course?, ?reach a tipping point?, or the popular Silicon Valley expression, ?fail fast, fail often.? As the old Roman philosopher noted, ?nothing that exists today is not the result of a past collapse?, and this is the basis of what we call ?The Seneca Strategy.? This engaging and insightful book will help you to use the Seneca Strategy to face failure and collapse at all scales, to understand why change may be inevitable, and to navigate the swirl of events that frequently threaten your balance and happiness. You will learn: How ancient philosophy and modern science agree that failure and collapse are normal features of the universe Principles that help us manage, rather than be managed by, the biggest challenges of our lives and times Why technological progress may not prevent economic or societal collapse Why the best strategy to oppose failure is not to resist at all costs How you can ?rebound? after collapse, to do better than before, and to avoid the same mistakes. 606 $aNature 606 $aEnvironment 606 $aEconomic sociology 606 $aStatistical physics 606 $aComputational complexity 606 $aEconomic policy 606 $aEconomics 606 $aPhase transitions (Statistical physics) 606 $aPopular Science in Nature and Environment$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q16000 606 $aOrganizational Studies, Economic Sociology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22020 606 $aApplications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33020 606 $aComplexity$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T11022 606 $aPolitical Economy/Economic Systems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W46000 606 $aPhase Transitions and Multiphase Systems$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25099 615 0$aNature. 615 0$aEnvironment. 615 0$aEconomic sociology. 615 0$aStatistical physics. 615 0$aComputational complexity. 615 0$aEconomic policy. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aPhase transitions (Statistical physics). 615 14$aPopular Science in Nature and Environment. 615 24$aOrganizational Studies, Economic Sociology. 615 24$aApplications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. 615 24$aComplexity. 615 24$aPolitical Economy/Economic Systems. 615 24$aPhase Transitions and Multiphase Systems. 676 $a158.1 700 $aBardi$b Ugo$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0150835 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910366650103321 996 $aBefore the Collapse$92080697 997 $aUNINA