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Title details for A Field Guide to the Apocalypse by Athena Aktipis - Available

A Field Guide to the Apocalypse

A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times

by Athena Aktipis
Athena Aktipis
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A common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises.

Is this finally it? The end times?Because from COVID-19 to climate catastrophe to the looming AI revolution—not to mention the ever-growing background hum of rage, fear, and anxiety—it's starting to feel like the party we call civilization is just about over. The good news? It's always felt that way.

Drawing on evolutionary psychology, history, brain science, game theory, and more, cooperation theorist (and, coincidentally, zombie expert) Athena Aktipis reassuringly explains how we, as a species, are hardwired to survive big existential crises. And how we can do so again by leveraging our innate abilities to communicate and cooperate.

Pack a ukulele in your prep kit. Practice your risk-management skills. Enlist your crew into a survival team. And embrace the apocalypse. You might just enjoy it. Plus, it will help us build a better and more resilient future for all humankind.

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  • Release date

    April 9, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781668636251
      • File size: 201066 KB
      • Duration: 06:58:53

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

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      Starred review from February 1, 2024
      This feel-good book about the end of human existence comes just in time to remedy the winter doldrums. The basic message is yes, we are living in apocalyptic times, but we should calm our fears and prepare for whatever comes. Aktipis (The Cheating Cell, 2020) is by turns witty, insightful, reassuring, silly, and always interesting. She brings in history, biology, neurology, and sociology as she reviews the adaptability and resilience of humans over millennia, blending together accessible science and entertaining scenarios (with a bit of a fixation on zombies). Preparation, that crucial necessity for surviving and thriving, entails developing an optimistic, action-oriented outlook; building networks of like-minded, skilled allies; and assembling personal prep kits: one per person, one for sheltering in place, another for the car, and another for surviving outdoors. There's an awful lot of information here, and Aktipis, who teaches psychology at Arizona State and calls herself a cooperation theorist, provides helpful chapter reviews and handy checklists. There's information on everything from raising self-sufficient children to adopting a future-oriented lifestyle to apocalypse dating tips. There's also a great deal of thoughtful commentary on probable upcoming realities. Aktipis' advice seems a sensible response to it all.

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