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- | ==== How to Use Your Textbook ==== | + | ==== How to Use This History ==== |
- | Your textbook //Then, Now and How// is not a linear or monolithic narrative. Rather, it is in the form of a [[the-grid|grid]] or patchwork that can be read horizontally, vertically, or at random. | + | //Then, Now, and How// is not a linear or monolithic narrative. The [[the-grid|Index/Contents page]] is in the form of a grid or patchwork that can be read horizontally, vertically, or at random. So you can let curiosity be your guide, and create your own narrative. |
One dimension of the grid is chronological: **Then** (2018), **Now** (2118) and **How** (the decades of struggle between). The other is topical. The dozen or so topics present the major problems facing humanity in 2018. | One dimension of the grid is chronological: **Then** (2018), **Now** (2118) and **How** (the decades of struggle between). The other is topical. The dozen or so topics present the major problems facing humanity in 2018. | ||
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Reading horizontally, we present a series of critical problems that plagued humans living under a decaying capitalist order in the early 21st century (**Then**) and sketch out the ways in which they were resolved and transcended (**How**), arriving at today's early-22nd-century democratic, egalitarian and just societies (**Now**). | Reading horizontally, we present a series of critical problems that plagued humans living under a decaying capitalist order in the early 21st century (**Then**) and sketch out the ways in which they were resolved and transcended (**How**), arriving at today's early-22nd-century democratic, egalitarian and just societies (**Now**). | ||
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