Jeremy Rifkin is the best-selling author of The End of Work, The Biotech Century, and The Age of Access, each of which has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Since 1994, 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. His 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.

"A brilliant read ... that boldly challenges the conventional view of human nature embedded in our educational systems, business practices, and political culture."Huffington Post "The kind of reading fans of Jared Diamond and Richard Dawkins can sink their teeth into, with a contagious sense of urgency over whether we can 'reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse.'"Publishers Weekly"A thoroughly entertaining read."Socialist Unity"Many in the scholarly, religious, and political fields praise Jeremy Rifkin for a willingness to think big, raise controversial questions, and serve as a social and ethical prophet."New York TimesRifkin is "one of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day."Utne Reader"Rifkin poses real questions that we've spent too little time thinking about."Washington Post

• Introduction1. The Hidden Paradox of Human HistoryI. Homo Empathicus2. The New View of Human Nature3. A Sentient Interpretation of Biological Evolution4. Becoming Human5. Rethinking the Meaning of the Human JourneyII. Empathy and Civilization6. The Ancient Theological Brain and Patriarchal Economy7. Cosmopolitan Rome and the Rise of Urban Christianity8. The Soft Industrial Revolution of the Late Medieval Era and the Birth of Humanism9. Ideological Thinking in a Modern Market Economy10. Psychological Consciousness in a Postmodern Existential WorldIII. The Age of Empathy11. The Climb to Global Peak Empathy12. The Planetary Entropic Abyss13. The Emerging Era of Distributed Capitalism14. The Theatrical Self in an Improvisational Society15. Biosphere Consciousness in a Climax EconomyNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Jeremy Rifkin is the best-selling author of The End of Work, The Biotech Century, and The Age of Access, each of which has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Since 1994, 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. His 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.

"A brilliant read ... that boldly challenges the conventional view of human nature embedded in our educational systems, business practices, and political culture."Huffington Post "The kind of reading fans of Jared Diamond and Richard Dawkins can sink their teeth into, with a contagious sense of urgency over whether we can 'reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse.'"Publishers Weekly"A thoroughly entertaining read."Socialist Unity"Many in the scholarly, religious, and political fields praise Jeremy Rifkin for a willingness to think big, raise controversial questions, and serve as a social and ethical prophet."New York TimesRifkin is "one of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day."Utne Reader"Rifkin poses real questions that we've spent too little time thinking about."Washington Post

• Introduction1. The Hidden Paradox of Human HistoryI. Homo Empathicus2. The New View of Human Nature3. A Sentient Interpretation of Biological Evolution4. Becoming Human5. Rethinking the Meaning of the Human JourneyII. Empathy and Civilization6. The Ancient Theological Brain and Patriarchal Economy7. Cosmopolitan Rome and the Rise of Urban Christianity8. The Soft Industrial Revolution of the Late Medieval Era and the Birth of Humanism9. Ideological Thinking in a Modern Market Economy10. Psychological Consciousness in a Postmodern Existential WorldIII. The Age of Empathy11. The Climb to Global Peak Empathy12. The Planetary Entropic Abyss13. The Emerging Era of Distributed Capitalism14. The Theatrical Self in an Improvisational Society15. Biosphere Consciousness in a Climax EconomyNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Jeremy Rifkin is the best-selling author of The End of Work, The Biotech Century, and The Age of Access, each of which has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Since 1994, 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. His 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.

"A brilliant read ... that boldly challenges the conventional view of human nature embedded in our educational systems, business practices, and political culture."Huffington Post "The kind of reading fans of Jared Diamond and Richard Dawkins can sink their teeth into, with a contagious sense of urgency over whether we can 'reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse.'"Publishers Weekly"A thoroughly entertaining read."Socialist Unity"Many in the scholarly, religious, and political fields praise Jeremy Rifkin for a willingness to think big, raise controversial questions, and serve as a social and ethical prophet."New York TimesRifkin is "one of the leading big-picture thinkers of our day."Utne Reader"Rifkin poses real questions that we've spent too little time thinking about."Washington Post

• Introduction1. The Hidden Paradox of Human HistoryI. Homo Empathicus2. The New View of Human Nature3. A Sentient Interpretation of Biological Evolution4. Becoming Human5. Rethinking the Meaning of the Human JourneyII. Empathy and Civilization6. The Ancient Theological Brain and Patriarchal Economy7. Cosmopolitan Rome and the Rise of Urban Christianity8. The Soft Industrial Revolution of the Late Medieval Era and the Birth of Humanism9. Ideological Thinking in a Modern Market Economy10. Psychological Consciousness in a Postmodern Existential WorldIII. The Age of Empathy11. The Climb to Global Peak Empathy12. The Planetary Entropic Abyss13. The Emerging Era of Distributed Capitalism14. The Theatrical Self in an Improvisational Society15. Biosphere Consciousness in a Climax EconomyNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author