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The book explores timeless questions - What does it mean to live well? How do we understand our place in the cosmos? What kind of future can we co-create? Through vivid case studies ranging from Everest and the Aral Sea to the Voyager spacecraft and Keynes' letter to his grandchildren. It proposes a ""Sagan Scale"" to measure civilizational maturity not by energy use, but by wisdom, empathy, and stewardship. In an age of planetary-scale technologies and existential risk, Modern Humanism offers a bold, integrative framework for living wisely and compassionately. Blending scientific insight, ethical reflection, and the creative arts, Kai Taraporevala invites readers into a humanist conversation shaped by evolutionary biology, behavioral science, ecology, and philosophy. Structured across five conceptual domains, Modern Humanism moves from foundational questions to practical consequences and visionary futures. It is a call to courage, creativity, and ethical responsibility - a civilizational rite of passage for our time.

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Kai Taraporevala, born and now living in Mumbai, is a writer and caregiver whose life spans continents and disciplines. Having lived across India, the U.K., France, the Middle East, and Singapore, he recognizes the deep commonalities of human experience across cultures - alongside the biases and ideologies that divide us.He holds master's degrees in physics from IIT Delhi and the University of Dundee, and an MBA from INSEAD. After decades in finance, Kai emerged from Plato's allegorical cave to pursue a third master's in physics, with a focus on astrophysics at the Open University, U.K., which he completed in December 2025. This return, at age 60, was driven by lifelong curiosity, personal reflection, philosophical inquiry, and deep gratitude for the many kindnesses and privileges he has been lucky to obtain.Modern Humanism: Science, Ethics, and the Stewardship of Earth is the result of a decade-long creative journey, enriched by workshops, dialogue, and the enduring insights of great humanists. It blends case studies with commentary to explore how we might live wisely in an age of immense power and deep fragility.Kai writes to share, to connect, and to spark meaningful dialogue, inviting readers to reflect and imagine a better world.

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