{"product_id":"waking-up-in-the-polycrisis-paperback","title":"Waking Up in the Polycrisis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAram Saroyan Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAram \u0026amp;. the Algorithms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaking Up in the Polycrisis\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiercely compassionate, radically honest guidebook for young people coming of age in an era of cascading global crises. Climate breakdown, political extremism, mental health collapse, economic precarity, AI acceleration-these forces don't arrive one at a time. They collide, compound, and converge. This is the \u003ci\u003epolycrisis\u003c\/i\u003e, and this book meets it head-on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering false hope or empty platitudes, \u003ci\u003eWaking Up in the Polycrisis\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into a brave orientation process. With language that is sharp, poetic, and emotionally grounded, it offers frameworks for navigating complex realities-through grief, rage, confusion, imagination, and back again. Each chapter explores a stage of awakening with narrative essays, metaphor-rich reflections, and embodied co-regulation cues for nervous system support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a survival manual in the traditional sense-it's a nervous system map, a cultural compass, and an invitation to reclaim attention and agency. Grounded in systems thinking, trauma-informed care, civic ethics, and youth-centered design, the book is as spiritually resonant as it is politically alert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured as a spectrum of emotional and developmental experiences, the book offers a full-body orientation for what it means to grow up inside the polycrisis-and to find meaning without bypass or despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaking Up in the Polycrisis\u003c\/i\u003e was written by \u003cb\u003eAram \u0026amp; the Algorithms\u003c\/b\u003e-a collaborative experiment in authorship between human systems designer Aram Saroyan Armstrong and generative AI. This collective identity acknowledges the emerging relationship between human discernment and synthetic intelligence, and models a form of transparent, responsible co-creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for use in youth circles, high school and college classrooms, mutual aid groups, intergenerational learning environments, and independent study. It will resonate with readers drawn to \u003ci\u003eThe Body Keeps the Score\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than numbing readers to the scale of the crisis, this book honors their intuition: \u003ci\u003eYou are not broken. The world is. And your presence here matters more than you know.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291197059321,"sku":"9798998868207","price":24.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/mEjBriAffq9798998868207.webp?v=1776304616","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/waking-up-in-the-polycrisis-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}