The age of missing information

An excellent study of the modern extraction of man from his surroundings. Mr. McKibben, through an enlightening experiment of media vs. nature, pits McLuhan against Emerson to find the value of the information received when one relies solely on their respective subjects of study. Can a tree teach more than a TV? Find out, before it's too late!

by Bill McKibben

Random House · First published 1992 · 261 pages