More From Less: How We Learned to Create More Without Using More Audiobook (Free)

From the coauthor of the brand new York Times bestseller THE NEXT Machine Age, a compelling argument—masterfully researched and brilliantly articulated—that we have at last learned how to increase human success while treading more lightly on our world.

Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out assets. Since the first Earth Time in 1970, the reigning debate continues to be that about Even more From Less: HOW EXACTLY WE Learned to make More Without Using More acquiring better care of the earth means radically changing course: reducing our usage, tightening up our belts, understanding how to talk about and reuse, restraining growth. Is that debate correct?

Absolutely not. In Even more from Less, McAfee argues that to solve our ecological problems we don’t need to make radical changes. Instead, we have to perform more of what we’re already doing: growing technologically advanced market-based economies around the world.

How can he possibly make this claim? Due to the data. America—a large, high-tech country that makes up about about 25% from the global economy—is now generally using much less of most assets every year, even while its economy and population continue to develop. What’s more, the united states is polluting the air and water less, emitting fewer greenhouse gases, and replenishing endangered pet populations. And, as McAfee displays, America isn’t alone. Additional countries may also be changing themselves in fundamental ways.

What has made this turnabout possible? A very important factor, primarily: the collaboration between technology and capitalism, although good governance and open public awareness are also critical. McAfee does warn of conditions that haven’t been solved, like global warming, overfishing, and neighborhoods left behind as capitalism and tech progress race ahead. But overall, More from Less is certainly a revelatory, paradigm-shifting account of how we’ve stumbled into an unexpectedly better balance with character—one that retains out the guarantee of even more abundant and greener decades ahead.