{"product_id":"9781451659115-civilized-to-death-the-price-of-progress","title":"Ryan Christopher - Civilized To Death The Price Of Progress - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which progress has perverted the way we live how we eat learn feel mate parent communicate work and die in this engaging extensively documented well - organized and thought - provoking (Booklist) book. Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending balmy December days face - to - face conversation replaced with heads - to - screens zomboidism a world at constant war a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind's greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You re lucky to be alive here and now. Well maybe we are and maybe we aren t. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good arguing that the progress defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. Prehistoric life of course was not without serious dangers and disadvantages. Many babies died in infancy. A broken bone infected wound snakebite or difficult pregnancy could be life - threatening. But ultimately Christopher Ryan questions were these pre - civilized dangers more murderous than modern scourges such as car accidents cancers cardiovascular disease and a technologically prolonged dying process? Civilized to Death will make you see our so - called progress in a whole new light (Book Riot) and adds to the timely conversation that the way we have been living is no longer sustainable at least as long as we want to the earth to outlive us (Psychology Today). Ryan makes the claim that we should start looking backwards to find our way into a better future.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Civilized To Death The Price Of Progress\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Ryan Christopher\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781451659115\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 304 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Social \u0026amp; Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography","brand":"Ryan Christopher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49616916676913,"sku":"IN-G-9781451659115","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781451659115.jpg?v=1724626298","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781451659115-civilized-to-death-the-price-of-progress","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}