Rebecca Costa
Forfatter af The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
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- Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is a world-renowned expert in the field of "fast adaptation." Costa's first book, The Watchman's Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse, was an international bestseller. Her follow-on book, titled On The Verge was introduced in 2017 to critical acclaim, shooting to the top of Amazon's #1 New Business Releases. Costa's work has been featured in The New York Time, Washington Post, USA Today, SF Chronicle, The Guardian, and other leading publications. Her weekly column, THE FIX, is presently featured on Newsmax. For more information visit: http://www.rebeccacosta.com/
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“ On the Verge is a terrific jackpot of a book. It is both page-turner entertaining and think-trigger serious about how we—meaning all of us—can get ahead of the many curves out there in our varied lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness. Read it and smile. But mostly read it and plan. ”
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and anchor PBS NewsHour
“ Rebecca Costa has done it again. On the Verge shows how predictive technologies and science are redefining modern leadership. A book certain to make its mark on Capitol Hill. ”
George Mitchell
former Senate Majority Leader
“ Rebecca Costa has a talent to tell stories that illustrate her keen observations and explain important cultural implications as new innovations touch our lives. The future can be manipulated. Some want their creations to adapt to the world. Others like Steve Jobs wanted the world to adapt to them. If you have an insatiable curiosity about the impact of innovation on our world ahead and how the future can be manipulated you will love this book.
John Sculley
former CEO of Apple and President of Pepsi-Cola
“ From the beginning of recorded history, humankind has tried to predict, control and change the future. It is a daunting task fraught with risks and rewards. Read this book if you want to be ready for the future. ”
Alan Dershowitz
lawyer, legal scholar and bestselling author… (mere)
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and anchor PBS NewsHour
“ Rebecca Costa has done it again. On the Verge shows how predictive technologies and science are redefining modern leadership. A book certain to make its mark on Capitol Hill. ”
George Mitchell
former Senate Majority Leader
“ Rebecca Costa has a talent to tell stories that illustrate her keen observations and explain important cultural implications as new innovations touch our lives. The future can be manipulated. Some want their creations to adapt to the world. Others like Steve Jobs wanted the world to adapt to them. If you have an insatiable curiosity about the impact of innovation on our world ahead and how the future can be manipulated you will love this book.
John Sculley
former CEO of Apple and President of Pepsi-Cola
“ From the beginning of recorded history, humankind has tried to predict, control and change the future. It is a daunting task fraught with risks and rewards. Read this book if you want to be ready for the future. ”
Alan Dershowitz
lawyer, legal scholar and bestselling author… (mere)
"From the beginning of recorded history, humankind has tried to predict, control, and change the future. It is a daunting task fraught with risks and rewards. Read this book if you want to be ready for the future." ―Alan Dershowitz, lawyer, legal scholar, and bestselling author (Alan Dershowitz)
"On the Verge is a terrific jackpot of a book. It is both page-turner entertaining and think-trigger serious about how we ―meaning all of us―can get ahead of the many curves out there in our varied lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness. Read it and smile. But mostly read it and plan." ― Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of PBS NewsHour (Jim Lehrer)
"On the Verge presents a useful view of how we can look ahead and invent our own future, often by predapting to possible futures. If you want to get ready for change you see coming, On the Verge can help you get the job done." ―Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, entrepreneur (Craig Newmark)
"Rebecca Costa has a talent to tell stories that illustrate her keen observations and explain important cultural implications as new innovations touch our lives. If you have an insatiable curiosity about the impact of innovation on our world ahead and how the future can be manipulated, you will love this book." ―John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and president of Pepsi-Cola (John Sculley)
"Rebecca Costa has done it again. On the Verge shows how predictive technologies and science are redefining modern leadership. A book certain to make its mark on Capitol Hill." ―George Mitchell, former Senate Majority Leader (George Mitchell)
"The world is experiencing extraordinary and transformational change. Technology and big data have empowered humankind to reach new and epoch-making achievements. Rebecca Costa has brilliantly prescribed how we can harness our newfound empowerment with foresight to literally change the course of our collective future." ―Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (Tom Daschle)
"On the Verge is a stunningly insightful book of hope. Rebecca Costa brings a bold, fresh new perspective on solving our greatest problems. The answers, she explains, lies in using foreknowledge and predictive technologies to head off our difficulties before they begin. Costa is one of the Big Thinkers of our time." ―Tavis Smiley, Author, Television and Radio Host (Tavis Smiley)
"The ability to predict the future has long been a goal of mankind. While not assuring infallibility, On the Verge offers tools to put that goal within reach. The potential for good is enormous." ―Christine Todd Whitman, Former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Christine Todd Whitman)
"This is a dazzling book - a can't-put-down, easily understandable exploration of the potential (no, near-certainty) that Big Data and developing technologies will give mankind the ability to anticipate and solve every problem from disease to terrorism to accidents to crime. Must-read for everyone!" ―Morton Kondracke, political journalist and commentator for The McLaughlin Group, The Beltway Boys, Roll Call, Fox News (Morton Kondracke)
"My experiences negotiating with antagonistic regimes in North Korea, Iraq and Sudan underscores the importance of heading off dangerous confrontations whenever possible, as well as how important it is for governments to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Costa's book, On the Verge, offers a first look at how predictive technologies and the 'principles of adaptation' can be used to preempt future crises. A must read." ― Bill Richardson, Energy Secretary, Governor of New Mexico, U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Congressman (Bill Richardson)… (mere)
"On the Verge is a terrific jackpot of a book. It is both page-turner entertaining and think-trigger serious about how we ―meaning all of us―can get ahead of the many curves out there in our varied lives, liberties and pursuits of happiness. Read it and smile. But mostly read it and plan." ― Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of PBS NewsHour (Jim Lehrer)
"On the Verge presents a useful view of how we can look ahead and invent our own future, often by predapting to possible futures. If you want to get ready for change you see coming, On the Verge can help you get the job done." ―Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, entrepreneur (Craig Newmark)
"Rebecca Costa has a talent to tell stories that illustrate her keen observations and explain important cultural implications as new innovations touch our lives. If you have an insatiable curiosity about the impact of innovation on our world ahead and how the future can be manipulated, you will love this book." ―John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and president of Pepsi-Cola (John Sculley)
"Rebecca Costa has done it again. On the Verge shows how predictive technologies and science are redefining modern leadership. A book certain to make its mark on Capitol Hill." ―George Mitchell, former Senate Majority Leader (George Mitchell)
"The world is experiencing extraordinary and transformational change. Technology and big data have empowered humankind to reach new and epoch-making achievements. Rebecca Costa has brilliantly prescribed how we can harness our newfound empowerment with foresight to literally change the course of our collective future." ―Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (Tom Daschle)
"On the Verge is a stunningly insightful book of hope. Rebecca Costa brings a bold, fresh new perspective on solving our greatest problems. The answers, she explains, lies in using foreknowledge and predictive technologies to head off our difficulties before they begin. Costa is one of the Big Thinkers of our time." ―Tavis Smiley, Author, Television and Radio Host (Tavis Smiley)
"The ability to predict the future has long been a goal of mankind. While not assuring infallibility, On the Verge offers tools to put that goal within reach. The potential for good is enormous." ―Christine Todd Whitman, Former Governor of New Jersey and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Christine Todd Whitman)
"This is a dazzling book - a can't-put-down, easily understandable exploration of the potential (no, near-certainty) that Big Data and developing technologies will give mankind the ability to anticipate and solve every problem from disease to terrorism to accidents to crime. Must-read for everyone!" ―Morton Kondracke, political journalist and commentator for The McLaughlin Group, The Beltway Boys, Roll Call, Fox News (Morton Kondracke)
"My experiences negotiating with antagonistic regimes in North Korea, Iraq and Sudan underscores the importance of heading off dangerous confrontations whenever possible, as well as how important it is for governments to adapt quickly to changing conditions. Costa's book, On the Verge, offers a first look at how predictive technologies and the 'principles of adaptation' can be used to preempt future crises. A must read." ― Bill Richardson, Energy Secretary, Governor of New Mexico, U.S.Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Congressman (Bill Richardson)… (mere)
I had high expectations going into this book, and there is some wisdom to be found in it. But the rampant oversimplifications, factual flaws, matter-of-fact tone, obsequiousness toward celebrities and obsession with insight all grated on me so relentlessly, that its rating is about two stars lower than it could have been in a better author's hands.
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If there were a “Watchman” to protect us from danger, he would be shaking his rattle vigorously right now. We are in danger of becoming extinct, for the signs of the collapse of our civilization are obvious, according to Rebecca Costa’s excellent and thought provoking new book, The Watchman’s Rattle.
The theme for The Watchman’s Rattle can be summed up in the story of the sophisticated and scientifically developed Mayan society: Unproven beliefs became the substitute for facts. Once this happens, as the practice of beliefs cannot result in real solutions, the inevitability of failure takes place, and disaster is the only outcome.
Our inherent hubris about our being as evolved as we can possibly ever be, is another message that one can take from The Watchman’s Rattle. If we do not heed the lessons of the past, if we continue to ignore all the warning signs that threaten human existence—such as global recession, powerful pandemic viruses, terrorism, rising crime, climate change, rapid depletion of the earth’s resources, nuclear proliferation, and failing educational systems—we are doomed to extinction. However, if we do pay attention, Costa lays out a plan that places us in an excellent position to change a repetitive pattern of decline.
This is an excellent book, rich with challenging thoughts as well as perceptive solutions. Costa offers excellent research in this fully developed dissertation on the warning signs and potential solutions to human and global destruction.
Highly recommended.
Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, The Daily Beast
“The Gulf is drowning in oil, the housing market stumbles along, the Afghanistan conflict nears a decade long…why do all these problems seem so intractable and unstoppable? How did we get to this point of gridlock? Instead of hand-wringing we should all read Rebecca Costa’s The Watchman’s Rattle and start figuring out how to really solve these messes. Few other books have so clearly and sharply captured how our symptom-obsessed society means we’re always looking for the quick-fix and easy cure rather than searching for the deeper, longer lasting solutions. Her analysis of how we got to this point mixes history, biology, economics and much more to paint a picture of a society overwhelmed by tremendous problems, but with her Silicon Valley rationality and novel guide to intuitive thinking, Costa has pointed a way forward for all of us.”
E. O. Wilson, Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner
“I am on the side of Rebecca Costa. Let us become realists-in-search-of-a-solution rather than doomsayers.”
Dr. James Watson, Nobel Laureate
“Problems eventually become too complicated for the average intelligence—in The Watchman’s Rattle, Rebecca Costa depicts the challenges this presents.”
Donald J. Trump, Real Estate Developer and Entrepreneur
“Rebecca Costa has written a riveting examination of our world’s most dire and complex issues. Her message for mankind is an ultimately hopeful one as she explores her fascinating theory about the brain’s ability to develop advanced problem solving techniques in times of crisis. A must read!”
Library Journal
“Costa presents innovative messages about dealing with the many issues facing modern civilization....a warning and a resource. It will give concerned readers new hope in human capability.”… (mere)