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The virtues of ignorance complexity sustainability and the limits of knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic shortsighted and dangerous worldview. The virtues of ignorance complexity sustainability and the limits of knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic shortsighted and dangerous worldview the contributors argue that uncritical faith in scientific knowledge has created many of the problems now threatening the planet and that our wholesale reliance on scientific . The virtues of ignorance complexity sustainability and the limits of knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic shortsighted and dangerous worldview the contributors argue t human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries and so too has the notion that we can fix environmental problems . Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries and so too has the notion that we can fix environmental problems with scientific applications the virtues of ignorance complexity sustainability and the limits of knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic shortsighted and dangerous worldview. Isbn 9780813192581 0813192587 oclc number 694509948 description 354 pages 24 cm contents toward an ignorance based worldview wes jackson the way of ignorance wendell berry ignorance an inner perspective robert perry human ignorance and the limited use of history richard d lamm ignorance and know how conn nugent optimizing uncertainty raymond h dean toward an