The Safety Net

Surviving Pandemics and Other Disasters

David Eagleman

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781838853617
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Popular Culture
• Index: Social Sciences

The advent of the internet has been one of the most significant technological developments in history. In this thought-provoking and ground-breaking work David Eagleman, author of international bestseller Sum, presents six ways in which the net saves us from major existential threats: pandemics, poor information flow, natural disasters, political corruption, resource depletion and economic meltdown.

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Chapter 1: Sidestepping Epidemics

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Chapter 2: Remembrance of Things Past

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Chapter 3: Outpacing Disaster

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Chapter 4: Mitigating Tyranny

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Chapter 5: Saving Energy

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the New Edition
• Why Do Civilizations Collapse?
• Sidestepping Epidemics
• Remembrance of Things Past
• Outpacing Disaster
• Mitigating Tyranny
• Saving Energy
• Cultivating Human Capital
• The New Threats
• References
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author