Ronald Wright - A Short History of Progress - CBC 2004 Massey Lectures

Everyone should listen to this to learn from our past! http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey/massey2004.html Each time history repeats itself, so it's said, the price goes up. The twentieth century was a time of runaway growth in human population, consumption, and technology, placing a colossal load on all natural systems, especially earth, air, and waterthe very elements of life. The most urgent questions of the twenty-first century are: where will this growth lead? Can it be consolidated or sustained? And what kind of world is our present bequeathing to our future? In A Short History of Progress Ronald Wright argues that our modern predicament is as old as civilization, a 10,000-year experiment we have participated in but seldom controlled. Only by understanding the patterns of triumph and disaster that humanity has repeated around the world since the Stone Age, can we recognize the experiments inherent dangers, and, with luck and wisdom, shape its outcome. Files: 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Disc 1 - Goganne's Questions.mp3 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Disc 2 - The Great Experiment.mp3 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Disc 3 - Fools Paradise.mp3 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Disc 4 - Pyramid Schemes.mp3 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Disc 5 - Rebellion of the Tools.mp3 2004 Massey Lectures - Ronald Wright - Interview.mp3 Quality: Fair/Good - (some minor glitches) totally listenable Format: MP3 (MP3 Pro codec) 44.1 Recommend MP3Pro Decoder for Winamp) not required http://mp3prozone.com/download_winamp.htm Original Source: Most likely recorded from radio. Netsource: Downloaded from Soulseek Network Availability: Rare Other notes: Hum/buzz removed with Cool Edit Pro Please seed and share with all your friends!