Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now (One Planet)

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Book Synopsis: A guide to long-term thinking: how to envision the far future of Earth. We live on a planet careening toward environmental collapse that will be largely brought about by our own actions. And yet we struggle to grasp the scale of the crisis, barely able to imagine the effects of climate change just ten years from now, let alone the multi-millennial timescales of Earth's past and future life span. In this book, Vincent Ialenti offers a guide for envisioning the planet's far future—to become, as he terms it, more skilled deep time reckoners. The challenge, he says, is to learn to inhabit a longer now.

Ialenti takes on two overlapping crises: the Anthropocene, our current moment of human-caused environmental transformation; and the deflation of expertise—today's popular mockery and institutional erosion of expert authority. The second crisis, he argues, is worsening the effects of the first. Hearing out scientific experts who study a wider time span than a Facebook timeline is key to tackling our planet's emergency. Astrophysicists, geologists, historians, evolutionary biologists, climatologists, archaeologists, and others can teach us the art of long-termism.

For a case study in long-term thinking, Ialenti turns to Finland's nuclear waste repository "Safety Case" experts. These scientists forecast far future glaciations, climate changes, earthquakes, and more, over the coming tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands or millions—of years. They are not pop culture "futurists" but data-driven, disciplined technical experts, using the power of patterns to construct detailed scenarios and quantitative models of the far future. This is the kind of time literacy we need if we are to survive the Anthropocene.

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Are you concerned about the future of our planet? Do you struggle to comprehend the magnitude of the environmental crisis we are facing? Look no further than Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now (One Planet). This groundbreaking book by Vincent Ialenti offers a guide to long-term thinking, allowing you to envision and understand the far future of our beloved Earth.

Imagine being able to grasp the effects of climate change not just in the next ten years, but also in the multi-millennial timescales of Earth's past and future. With Ialenti's expertise, you will become a more skilled deep time reckoners, capable of comprehending the immense challenges ahead.

One of the key crises we face today is the deflation of expertise, where expert authority is mocked and eroded. However, to tackle our planet's emergency, we must heed the knowledge of scientific experts who study a wider time span than what can be found on a Facebook timeline. From astrophysicists to climatologists, these experts hold the keys to long-termism, teaching us how to think in the long run.

For a captivating case study in long-term thinking, Ialenti delves into Finland's nuclear waste repository "Safety Case" experts. These dedicated scientists use patterns, data, and quantitative models to forecast far future glaciations, climate changes, earthquakes, and more. They are not mere "futurists," but disciplined technical experts who possess the time literacy necessary for our survival in the Anthropocene.

Don't miss the opportunity to become a more informed and future-oriented individual. Embrace the wisdom shared in Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now (One Planet) and start envisioning a better future for our planet today.

Take action now and join the growing community of deep time reckoners who are committed to forging a sustainable path forward.

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