How Humans Are Shaping the Future of the Planet: For Better and Worse

Human beings have tamed 75 percent of the land on the earth, lit up the darkness, tinkered with nature, and have even altered the climate, which could mean our own extinction. Diane Ackerman looks at our impact on the natural world and the focus on creating technologies to improve the future. In The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, she takes us on a journey through our new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating—perhaps saving—our future.