Christopher J. Preston is Professor of Philosophy and a Research Fellow in the Mansfield Center's Program on Ethics and Public Affairs at the University of Montana.
Preston's book is an excellent spur and contribution to this
necessary debate....Highly recommended.—Environmental Values
The Synthetic Age succeeds quite brilliantly in its goals. In
providing clear, engaging explanations, often with an effective use
of humor, Preston offers non-specialist readers a useful
understanding of technological advances that are often hidden
behind paywalls or impenetrable thickets of jargon. Preston has
made thoughtful choices in terms of his audience: his intended
readers may appreciate the fluid readability and concise length of
the text, while scientists may disagree with the simplifications or
chafe at the lack of footnotes or other forms of citation through
much of the book. Similarly, scholars in the environmental
humanities may feel the disconnect between the text's supposed
neutrality and its unexamined biases. Ultimately, Preston's
position as a non-scientist is a strength and demonstrates the
interdisciplinarity and democracy essential to consciously choosing
a new age that reflects the best that our species has to
offer.—Minding Nature
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