Filters Against Folly by Alton Hardin
How to Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent
A concise guide to critical thinking about complex environmental and social issues, it presents three practical filters—literacy to spot verbal manipulation, numeracy to interpret data and scale, and ecolacy to understand systems, limits, and unintended consequences. Using these tools, it urges readers to scrutinize expert claims, recognize carrying capacity and trade-offs, and avoid being misled by persuasive rhetoric or oversimplified solutions.
- Published
- 1985
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 230-260
- Original Language
- English
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