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The virtues of ignorance

by Bill Vitek, Wes Jackson

Philosophy and scienceSustainable agricultureIgnorance (Theory of knowledge)Sustainable developmentPhilosophyNature and civilizationConservation of natural resourcesAgriculture

Bill Vitek, Wes Jackson, and a diverse group of thinkers ... offer profound arguments for the advantages of an ignorance-based worldview. Their essays explore this philosophy form numerous perspectives, including its origins, its essence, and how its implementation can preserve vital natural resources for posterity. All conclude that we must simply accept the proposition that our ignorance far exceeds our knowledge and always will.

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Book data: Open Library