Diagonal Lengths: Rethinking Our World

Author Mickey Puri's starting point in Diagonal Lengths is that modern society is behaving like the crowd in Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes. We all see what's wrong, but everyone goes along with it. We're too busy living our lives to try to change the world. As a society we've made huge technical innovations - from splitting the atom to exploring space. However when it comes to our own social organization we've failed to show the same innovative streak, and we continue to live with problems and issues - issues such as poverty, global warming, social inequality, religious intolerance, political mismanagement and international conflict - that have come to appear unsolvable - an illusion according to the author. The book deals with each of these themes, succinctly uncovering the heart of each problem before setting out a pragmatic solution to the issues uncovered. Taking a broad, honest view of the way we live, work and play in today's world, Diagonal Lengths has breath-taking scope and vision, and Mickey Puri proposes new and innovative solutions to what are often seen as the intractable problems of our age. This book will change the way you view the world.