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WATCH: The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul

"In 1950, Ellul finished his manuscript La Technique ou l'enjeu du siècle (The Technological Society), his seminal analysis of the way technology shapes every aspect of society. The Betrayal by Technology is one of the very few existing filmed recordings of Jacques Ellul speaking."

Why Are All the Black Faces in Conservation in the Background?

Dr.Ogada was frank when I asked him about his motivation for writing the book: "I think it is when I realized that because of the colour of my skin, I was not likely to ever be acknowledged as a significant contributor to our conservation discourse in Kenya".

The Four Degrees [Book Review: Don’t Even Think about It & This Changes Everything]

‘This is not what you might want to hear,’ he says, but ‘no amount of psychological awareness will overcome people’s reluctance to lower their standard of living. So that’s my bottom line: there is not much hope. I’m thoroughly pessimistic. I’m sorry.’