The End of Work by Jeremy Rifkin
2019 Best Book Awards Finalist - Humor
Life on Mars takes a satirical look at evolution vs. Intelligent Design -- a sort of feint by anti-evolutionists to get creationism into the classroom by assiduously avoiding the mention of God. Instead, reference is made to a higher or superior intelligence. The novel's conceit is this: what if the Intelligent Design folks are right and the evolutionists are wrong?
What if a higher intelligence did indeed get the ball of creation rolling, only the intelligence wasn't God but an alien race (The Spong) that had seeded earth as a botanical garden eons ago, only to return to find it contaminated with humans?
In preparation for a Treatment to correct their error, the Spong assign a human to act as earth's final biographer to provide them with proof of why humans just have to go.
Since 1994, Mr. Rifkin has been a fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, where he lectures to CEOs and senior corporate management from around the world on new trends in science and technology and their impacts on the global economy, society and the environment. He is also an advisor to heads of state and government officials in a number of countries. Mr. Rifkin's monthly column on global issues appears in many of the world's leading newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian in the United Kingdom.
He is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C
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| ISBN 13 | 9780874778243 |
| ISBN 10 | 0874778247 |
| Title | The End of Work |
| Author | Jeremy Rifkin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tarcher/Putnam,US |
| Year published | 1999-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 361 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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