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Book SynopsisIn his newest book, Robert G. Jonesuses applied psychology to argue that unique human adaptive strategies can be leveraged to enable sustainable decisions and mitigate the current climate crisis.
A sustainable future requires more than just technological innovation. We must change the way we think and behave to avoidenvironmental catastrophe. The lessons of applied psychology are crucial in this endeavor. This book combines insights from biological adaptation with a psychological analysis of the ways in which we identify problems, consider solutions, and take action. Dr. Jones examines the complicated web of behaviors and motivations that underlie our sustainability problem, and identifies concrete actions social scientists, policymakers, and individuals can take to help transform ourselves, and our planet, for the better.
For centuries, human beings have transformed our physical environment to service our needs and desires. But today, thanks to the w
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Jones’s call to arms in this fresh approach to the climate crisis rightly argues that new technology and old ways of making critical decisions won’t hack it, and we need to call upon the wealth of current and emerging knowledge in applied psychology to get it right. The author covers an impressive range of issues, and his discussions of these and the academic literature are comprehensive, data driven, and insightful. Key decision makers everywhere should read this book.
-- Nigel Nicholson, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, Emeritus Professor and Business Evolutionary Psychologist, London Business School, London, England
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Beyond Deep Adaptation
Chapter 3: Human Exceptionalism
Chapter 4: Psychological Factors Required for Social Speciation
Chapter 5: Social Margins, Conflict, and Developmental Change
Chapter 6: Making and Managing Social Ecotones
Chapter 7: Using Social Speciation on Purpose
Chapter 8: Defining Successful Social Speciation
Chapter 9: Taking Action
Chapter 10: Solutions
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