The Pivot - by Steve Hamm (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. In <i>The Pivot, </i> the journalist Steve Hamm, who embedded in the group from the start, tells the remarkable story of a collaborative experiment seeking to make societies more sustainable and resilient.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When the world reemerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems likely that it will have transformed irrevocably. Can societies already reeling from climate change, income inequality, and structural racism change for the better? Does the shock of the pandemic offer an opportunity to pivot to a more sustainable way of life? <p/>Early in the crisis, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. Some members are experts in the sciences and the humanities; others are environmental activists or regular people who see themselves as world citizens. In The Pivot, the journalist Steve Hamm--who embedded in the enterprise from the start--explores their efforts and shows how their approach provides a model for achieving systemic change. Chronicling the group's progress along an uncharted path, he shows how people with a variety of skills and personalities collaborate to get things done. <p/>Through their work, Hamm examines some of today's most important technologies and concepts, such as systems thinking and modeling, complexity theory, artificial intelligence, and new thinking about resilience. The book features vivid, informal profiles of a number of the group's members and brings to life the excitement and energy of dynamic, smart people trying to change the world. <p/>Part journal of a plague year and part call to action, <i>The Pivot</i> tells the remarkable story of a collaborative experiment seeking to make the world more sustainable and resilient.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Pivot</i> is a readable and engaging narrative account of an audacious attempt to stimulate change at a global level.--Professor Ruth Crick, Director, Jearni Sciences CIC<br><br><i>The Pivot</i> is an engaging nonstop ride through the development of a vision to address the world's major problems by systems scientists and community activists who came together to assess key challenges that face us.--Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Chair of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Steve Hamm is an author, journalist, and filmmaker. He has worked for a number of newspapers and magazines, including <i>BusinessWeek</i> and the <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>, and has made documentary films about immigration, policing, and opioids. He is coauthor of <i>Smart Machines: IBM's Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing</i> (Columbia, 2013) and <i>Rise of the Data Cloud</i> (2020), among other books.
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