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Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors. The choices we make now will determine not only the shape of our future, but whether there will be, for us as a species, a future at all. But, if we are at such a crossroads, are we even properly aware of it? Governed by instincts rooted in the past, are we prepared to see what we need to see, to do what we need to do? As technology evolves, so must we; but how and in what direction? Are we unavoidably fated to trade liberty for security in ridding the world of terror and war? Humanity at the Crossroads attempts to answer all of these critical questions, while opening the dialogue for further debate. It arrives, in the process, at the startling conclusion that the very technology which threatens to destroy us, not merely its more favorable offshoots, is itself the catalyst for that better world we may yet hope to inhabit.
Garth J. Hallett holds an MA in political science from The University of Connecticut. He is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), who writes, and who works in the ever-dynamic field of information technology.
AcknowledgmentsDedicationIntroductionPart I: Old Endings and New BeginningsChapter 1: The Turning PointChapter 2: The Hinge of ParadoxChapter 3: Beyond the Turning PointChapter 4: Out of Division and DarknessChapter 5: Into Unity and LightChapter 6: The New World on the HorizonChapter 7: The Law of the Jungle and the Return to EdenChapter 8: How We Perceive the WorldChapter 9: When the Past Resists the FutureChapter 10: Projections and ConclusionsPart II: Challenges Along the WayChapter 11: Problems of Perception and the Transfer of KnowledgeChapter 12: The Problem of Selfish IndividualismChapter 13: The Problem of Accelerating ChangeChapter 14: Problems with the Commercial CultureChapter 15: The Problem of the Larger ContextChapter 16: The Issue of Collective Goods and “Bads”Chapter 17: The Problem of Basic NeedChapter 18: The Problem of Malignant NationalismConclusionsBibliography
