Philipp’s Reviews > The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World > Status Update
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So far, this is very good, but then again, Borlaug is my idol
A short biography of William Vogt as an exemplar of a 'prophet' (of doom, i.e. mankind should strive to live in harmony with nature), and a short biography of Norman Borlaug as an exemplar of a 'wizard', someone who believes that technology can solve the future, only now does it go into the details of those two worldviews
— Mar 30, 2018 09:20AM
A short biography of William Vogt as an exemplar of a 'prophet' (of doom, i.e. mankind should strive to live in harmony with nature), and a short biography of Norman Borlaug as an exemplar of a 'wizard', someone who believes that technology can solve the future, only now does it go into the details of those two worldviews
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Philipp
is on page 340 of 598
The Vogt and Borlaug biographies are over - now it's 'Wizards' vs 'Prophets' as different viewpoints to solve various crises (climate change, agriculture etc.). Can't say I agree with this strict dichotomy Mann builds up here, I don't think these labels/group memberships are as strict as Mann makes them out to be
— Apr 07, 2018 06:11PM
