The Axemaker’s Gift: Technology’s Capture and Control of Our Minds and Culture

RECOMMENDED

by James Burke & Robert Ornstein

In this journey through human culture, historian James Burke and psychologist Robert Ornstein take a look at history, seeking to explain how the most innovative and brilliant animal ever could have both invented so much and landed us in the precarious spot we are in today, with resources shrinking, population ballooning, and the ecosystem in trouble.

Buy from Amazon

Description

“A detailed, original and persuasive reading of cultural and intellectual history.”Los Angeles Times.
“A genuine tour de force.”San Francisco Chronicle.