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Additional Prefaces from Theodore Jay Gordon, Hazel Henderson, Randeep Sudan, and new original material in each chapter. Considers impact of Covid-19 and influence beyond health and hygiene, impact on economic, social and geopolitical affairs, and the need to change established behaviour patterns including lifestyle, working practices and diet.

Human beings are now facing three major challenges: the crisis of the natural environment in which humans live, the crisis of the human social environment, and the crisis of human civilization arising from the negative impacts of the explosive development of technologies and the omnipotence of science that affects the direction of human evolution. Indeed, according to the above challenges, we need to pursue future forecasting individually, analyze the harms and risks, and put forward solutions, or even develop business opportunities. But these efforts are far from enough to eradicate the above crises. At present, all the challenges and crises mentioned are related to the relationship between man and nature, man and man, and man and society, as well as the direction of the human development mode. To share our planet and ensure our planet's survival as well as that of our human society, and avoid humanity's catastrophic collapse due to man's behaviors, a batch of futurists are needed to shift the focus of research to a comprehensive, long-term future study, including to reveal the truth of human crises; to explore an ultimate goal, vision, and path to achieve human sustainable development; to understand what technology is, which is called the driving force of human social development; to figure out who we are and toward which evolutionary direction human beings should evolve; and so on. Only when a consensus has been reached on these fundamental issues—and the main direction has been determined—can we put an end to short-term actions and come up with systemic solutions. Only then are we able to shorten the period of transformation from our industrial civilization to finally realize humanity's long-cherished ideal of a great global civilization.

At a time when the gap between rich and poor is growing, and widespread economic instabilities are severe, people are placing great hopes on the effort to develop a global green economy. Yet 60 percent of the ecosystem goods that support human life and well-being have already been degraded or are currently being used in an unsustainable manner. By comparing problems and achievements relative to green development in two of the world's most influential nations—the United States and China—this paper addresses the following related questions: "Where does the problem lie?" and "What should we do?" To help further promote dialog, we report on current conditions in China, as well as recent initiatives in the United States, and propose systemic and integrative approaches for developing green economies worldwide.

The Future of Humanity seeks to answer the question: "What kind of global civilization should human beings pursue and what do we have to do collectively?," one a question that has preoccupied scholars, philosophers and politicians for centuries. In doing so, the book tackles concepts as monumental as the keys to happiness, alien nonconventional intelligence, immortality, morality and China's possible role in bringing about a better worldjoining this global discussion. To navigate these many and complex topics, Jin combines the spiritual insights of ancient Chinese thinkers with a deep respect for the accomplishments and discoveries of modern Western science, exploring and explaining her distinct vision for a what a better, global future civilization could be.