Awakening : The Upside of Y2K

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Reviews
Amazon.com
Rather than recommend that we hoard canned goods and build solar panels in the face of a potential Y2K-caused computer meltdown, Awakening offers a far more sensible and surprisingly spiritual approach to the predicted technological catastrophe. This collection of engaging articles offers convincing evidence that Y2K could create extreme havoc in our daily lives--causing loss of electrical power, national food shortages, even a stock-market crash. Nonetheless, the contributors (which include national computer consultants, investigative journalists, a community planner, a retired naval officer, and a psychotherapist) never falter into doomsday, fear-inducing babble. Instead, they sound like the voices of reason and spiritual maturity, recognizing that citizens must prepare for extremes by creating a lifestyle that is less computer-dependent and more human-dependent. (Specific suggestions are offered throughout the book.) In fact, this is precisely the "upside of Y2K": a computer disaster that could ultimately lead to more small-scale, locally supported agriculture, more localized energy cooperatives, and certainly more faith in humanity than technology. In short, Y2K may be a welcome "glitch" in our social evolution--helping us assert and live out our highest human and spiritual values in the face of the new millennium. --Gail Hudson --This text refers to the paperback edition of of this title

Book Description
This compelling collection of articles explores three questions: 1) Why should we worry about Y2K?, 2) What can be done about it? and 3) How can I think about it? Contributions are from leading Y2K analysts, community organizers and experts in the behaviorial sciences and sustainability arenas. --This text refers to the paperback edition of of this title

From the Back Cover

Awakening... to the Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer "Time Bomb" that Could Alter Our Way of Life Forever!

Awakening describes the national emergency declared by a distinguished group of American leaders because of the Millennial Computer Crisis. "If you listen to what they have to say and still decide not to act, you might as well just stock your cupboard with gin..."

Awakening steps into the void left by the White House and government leaders to describe in no uncertain terms the unprecedented risks we face.

A new kind of book, Awakening reflects a provocative cross-section of informed concern about what Y2K really means--to you personally, to your nation, to your world.

Equal parts alarm, encouragement and reassuring companion, this book is rooted in the faith that embedded in our hearts is a power far greater than the faulty chips embedded in our computers.

Awakening is for all of us who believe that this time of danger can also be one of the greatest eras of social reinvention in history.

Awakening is offered in the belief that we must begin to work NOW, TOGETHER--with hope and fierce determination--to harness the energy this complicated problem is sure to unleash.

Let's use the remaining months of the old millennium to ring in a time of vibrant new communities capable of renewing the world for our children and generations to come...

Read this book! Share it with friends! And roll up your sleeves! --This text refers to the paperback edition of of this title

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