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AniconoftheenvironmentalmovementoutlinesaprovocativeapproachforreclaimingourplanetAccordingtoStewartBrand,alifelongenvironmentalistwhoseeseverythingintermsofsolvabledesignproblems,threeprofoundtransformationsareunderw
作者简介
StewartisacofounderofGBNandpresidentofTheLongNowFoundation,anorganizationthatpromoteslong-termthinkingbyexploring“whatevermaybehelpfulforthinking,understanding,andactingresponsiblyoverlongperiodsoftime.”Heisperhapsbestknownasthefounder,editor,andpublisheroftheWholeEarthCatalogandthecreatorofTheWELL,whichnowhas11,000activeusersworldwideandisconsideredabellwetherofthegenre.Since1989,hehasservedontheboardoftheSantaFeInstitute,anorganizationdedicatedtomulti-disciplinaryresearchinthesciencesofcomplexity.HeisalsoafoundingmemberoftheboardofdirectorsoftheElectronicFrontierFoundation.Stewartistheauthorofmanypioneeringbooks,includingTheClockoftheLongNow(1999)andTheMediaLab:InventingtheFutureatMIT(1987).HisbookHowBuildingsLearn:WhatHappensAfterThey’reBuilthasbeendubbed"aclassicandpossiblyaworkofgenius"andhasbeenusedasatextbycomputersystemsdesignersaswellasbuildingpreservers,architects,andmanylaybuildingusers.HeiscurrentlyworkingonabooktitledWholeEarthDiscipline:AnEcopragmatistManifesto,withachapteron“thegreeningofnuclearenergy."
