WHAT IS TO BE DONE by BARRY JONES

4 November 2020 by Glenn Barnes

Governance

A follow-up to the author’s prescient bestseller “Sleepers Awake” , first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society.

Now its author, the polymath and former politician Barry Jones, turns his attention to what has happened since — especially to politics, health, and our climate in the digital age — and to the challenges faced by increasingly fragile democracies and public institutions.

What do you think?

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IdeaSpies @ 2020.11.05 10:53 AM
Just read the reviews of the book and they talk about the problems, not what needs to be done about them. Can you add some of his solutions to this post?

Jeremy Ungar @ 2020.11.05 10:53 AM
I remember opening a keynote for Barry Jones at my youth movement. Good man!

Glenn Barnes @ 2020.11.05 10:53 AM
“What Is To Be Done” is a book of ideas on what needs to be addressed to make our democracy better-it is about getting focused on solutions.

Unfortunately, Barry Jones has critics, as climate change has deniers. Sounds like the critics you have read are in this bucket.

I will look to post excerpts as comments as I progress through the book. Only published and purchased on Tuesday this week.

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