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Global Warming

In: The Crisis-Prone Society: A Brief Guide to Managing the Beliefs that Drive Risk in Business

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  • Ian I Mitroff

    (University of California)

  • Can M. Alpaslan

    (California State University)

Abstract

Nature and Society are inseparable. Technologies we create to harness Mother Nature depend on social and political arrangements, and vice versa. While we give a single name, Global Warming, to the impending crisis humankind faces, the actual crisis consists of multiple intertwined crises such as the adequacy of alternative energy sources, the strength of the political will to use alternative sources, and the efficacy of future technologies that will mitigate the effects of Global Warming. Complex systems of intertwined crises cannot be separated from one another. We must consider them jointly to deal with them properly. Humankind’s most critical assumption to date may be the following: As it has done throughout its history, humankind when faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges will rise to the challenge.

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  • Ian I Mitroff & Can M. Alpaslan, 2014. "Global Warming," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Crisis-Prone Society: A Brief Guide to Managing the Beliefs that Drive Risk in Business, chapter 8, pages 66-73, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-45483-6_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137454836_8
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