Modern Humanism

<p>The book explores timeless questions - What does it mean to live well? How do we understand our place in the cosmos? What kind of future can we co-create? Through vivid case studies ranging from Everest and the Aral Sea to the Voyager spacecraft and Keynes' letter to his grandchildren. It proposes a Sagan Scale to measure civilizational maturity not by energy use but by wisdom empathy and stewardship.</p><p></p><p>In an age of planetary-scale technologies and existential risk <em>Modern Humanism</em> offers a bold integrative framework for living wisely and compassionately. Blending scientific insight ethical reflection and the creative arts Kai Taraporevala invites readers into a humanist conversation shaped by evolutionary biology behavioral science ecology and philosophy.</p><p></p><p>Structured across five conceptual domains <em>Modern Humanism</em> moves from foundational questions to practical consequences and visionary futures. It is a call to courage creativity and ethical responsibility - a civilizational rite of passage for our time.</p>