This book is for people who enjoy "the game" of life! People who care for the future generations of our descendants, who want to design a better future for the physical world and for its societies. And it CAN be better!
This better future will not come about spontaneously. It will happen only if we make deliberate, appropriate, wise and coordinated choices in our policies, in our practices and in our attitudes - not just in one sphere, but in many aspects of life.
"The Game Must Go On" will be both entertaining and informative for thoughtful readers who are searching for understanding about where we are heading and where the various paths before us can lead. It deals with vital topics, shows how they are inter-connected, and offers constructive proposals.
You may well want to refer to it again and again, whenever the news media convince you "the end is near", or leaves you hungry for more balanced understanding.
Why read this book?
"The Game" of the title is the game of life - the survival of our human species. Too much of our information about the world comes from the media. We all try to stay informed, but we tend to hear about things only when they reach a crisis, and then only in a brief and superficial way. We see important topics in isolation; we may see the trees, but we fail to see the forest. This book goes beyond the superficial, the "news-worthy" or scandalous 60-second soundbite, to offer a sometimes humorous but always thoughtful examination of the origins and interrelations of many of the problems facing society.
The author looks at timeless problems - both new ones and ones that continue to arise with some regularity: profligate or corrupt governments wasting citizens' resources; arrogant and greedy corporate management; energy supplies and energy delivery systems in peril; environmental abuses and concerns; problem-ridden schools; ideological conflicts, catastrophically low birth rates in many countries.
All these human issues, and more, all our problems and our hopes, are interrelated. Each chapter is an essay that helps us to find our way in this dark forest, that offers solutions, shows us how we can become actively involved in shaping a better future. Each topic is addressed in a way that often challenges current thinking. The past and present are examined, and then projected into the future.
The conclusions all point to an attractive future for humanity - if we act rationally and sensibly.