A reasonable life

This is a rabble-rousing, darkly humorous, straight from the heart look at our hectic, and often out-of-control, modern lives. Not since Lewis Mumford or even Thoreau has a writer taken such a giant step off the beaten path to see where our technology-obsessed, depersonalized society is hurtling at this frantic pace. Ferenc Mate sounds the alarm that with our single-minded emphasis on economic growth we are devastating not only our cities, our economy, and our very planet, but also our communities, families, and even friendships.