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22 reviews for:
A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times
Athena Aktipis
3.81 AVERAGE
22 reviews for:
A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times
Athena Aktipis
3.81 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
The book covers some very basic frameworks and is repetitive. It also doesn’t address how you’d been in community with folks with disabilities (and just a tiny section about kids and nothing about the elderly). Honestly, I could have a read an article or two but I don’t think this info really constituted a whole book.
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The only certainty is death, so make some music, memories, and friends on your way out <3 Essentially, this is a pretty good text for getting a feel for how to inhabit a healthy We're-All-Gonna-Die mindset.
WIL
1) Author-read audiobook! I've listened to many an audiobook that is read by the author that just... didn't turn out great. This was not one of them! The author's voice worked so so well here, and added new depth to the words! Love that!
2) Genuinely useful tips for apocalypse survival. The list of suggested items for the go-bag was especially helpful.
3) General vibe. I think the general approach of "Hey, everything absolutely sucks, but it's okay because we're gonna get through this together" is much-needed rn.
4) Aktipis is aware of toxic positivity and makes a point to *not* steer into toxic positivity narratives. Thank the HEAVENS.
5) Balanced. Aktipis articulates how we are shaped (and effectively bound) by evolutionary biology and social behaviors while acknowledging that we live in a modern context where the reasons for those evolutionary bindings just aren't terribly relevant anymore. She also covers findings from a variety of relevant fields like medicine, ecology, and psychology and provides a decent look into the axioms and Vibes of those fields as they apply to apocalyptic scenarios and prep.
WIDL
1) verrrry general. Aside from a few minor and briefly discussed examples of community-building efforts and the items to pack for specific individuals in an apocalypse (sorted by age and family relation), this book really doesn't really cover any useful survival specifics.
2) relatedly, the text doesn't act as a "field guide" on any apocalyptic scenarios or aspects either. I can see the arrangement making it qualify as a field guide, sure, but field guides, in my experience, are meant to go into a lot more depth on the aspects or parts of a niche subject, almost like an extended glossary. I didn't get that vibe from this one. Maybe my opinion would be different if I could see the layout and design practices of the text, but as an audiobook, the field guide nature did not convey.
WIL
1) Author-read audiobook! I've listened to many an audiobook that is read by the author that just... didn't turn out great. This was not one of them! The author's voice worked so so well here, and added new depth to the words! Love that!
2) Genuinely useful tips for apocalypse survival. The list of suggested items for the go-bag was especially helpful.
3) General vibe. I think the general approach of "Hey, everything absolutely sucks, but it's okay because we're gonna get through this together" is much-needed rn.
4) Aktipis is aware of toxic positivity and makes a point to *not* steer into toxic positivity narratives. Thank the HEAVENS.
5) Balanced. Aktipis articulates how we are shaped (and effectively bound) by evolutionary biology and social behaviors while acknowledging that we live in a modern context where the reasons for those evolutionary bindings just aren't terribly relevant anymore. She also covers findings from a variety of relevant fields like medicine, ecology, and psychology and provides a decent look into the axioms and Vibes of those fields as they apply to apocalyptic scenarios and prep.
WIDL
1) verrrry general. Aside from a few minor and briefly discussed examples of community-building efforts and the items to pack for specific individuals in an apocalypse (sorted by age and family relation), this book really doesn't really cover any useful survival specifics.
2) relatedly, the text doesn't act as a "field guide" on any apocalyptic scenarios or aspects either. I can see the arrangement making it qualify as a field guide, sure, but field guides, in my experience, are meant to go into a lot more depth on the aspects or parts of a niche subject, almost like an extended glossary. I didn't get that vibe from this one. Maybe my opinion would be different if I could see the layout and design practices of the text, but as an audiobook, the field guide nature did not convey.
funny
informative
inspiring
funny
informative
fast-paced