Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins

In this little book Konrad Lorenz has summarized all the major social and environmental problems of our era and every previous one, for that matter. The principle flaws in our contemporary world view, which he does not quite articulate, are that exponential growth is not sustainable and that technology reaches a point of diminishing returns. His research on "imprinting" identity (discussed in greater detail in some of his other books) should be studied very carefully by all who consider themselves "American." They may conclude that this does not make them members of a nation-state, but rather pawns to be manipulated by a ruthless, global financial and political elite. If the human species survives the perils of the age of technology and achieves liberation from exploitation, it will be because it heeded the wisdom of an Austrian psychologist who understood how much people are like geese.