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    Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges
    Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges
    Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges
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    Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges

    By Peter Seidel

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    Plenty of evidence points to environmental catastrophe, economic collapse, and resultant human misery in the decades to come, yet we fail to respond in rational, meaningful ways. Uncommon Sense identifies the root cause of most of our problems: ourselves. Beyond the typical surveys of immediate threats, Uncommon Sense delves in

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteady State Press
    Release dateOct 19, 2020
    ISBN9780578240725
    Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges
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    Peter Seidel

    Seidel holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Architectural Planning from the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied under renowned architect Mies van der Rohe. Seidel has served as a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Virginia Tech, and he also taught at Central China Institute of Science and Technology. His work has been published in numerous academic journals, and he has also authored four other books: Invisible Walls, Global Survival, 2045, and Uncommon Sense.

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