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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
“We all lived for money, and that is what we died for.”
I very much enjoyed this book, even if I didn't always agree with the method of delivery. The focus on worst case scenarios and also dubious statistics can be overwhelming but in my opinion this is rightly so- the truth lies somewhere in the middle yet is every bit as devastatingly frightening. I perhaps might have preferred the author stick as well to hard facts, a passage about 'guilt saturates the planet’s air' is springing to mind. Reliance on hyperbole I feel dilutes the overall message and can further embolden a worldwide trend to ignore the ugly truth- that this is indeed happening, faster even than we imagined or predicted and it is all our fault. To quote Wallace-Wells, 'And yet now, just as the need for...cooperation is paramount, indeed necessary for anything like the world we know to survive, we are only unbuilding...alliances— recoiling into nationalistic corners and retreating from collective responsibility and from each other.' I only hope that we and future generations see sense before it is too late.
I very much enjoyed this book, even if I didn't always agree with the method of delivery. The focus on worst case scenarios and also dubious statistics can be overwhelming but in my opinion this is rightly so- the truth lies somewhere in the middle yet is every bit as devastatingly frightening. I perhaps might have preferred the author stick as well to hard facts, a passage about 'guilt saturates the planet’s air' is springing to mind. Reliance on hyperbole I feel dilutes the overall message and can further embolden a worldwide trend to ignore the ugly truth- that this is indeed happening, faster even than we imagined or predicted and it is all our fault. To quote Wallace-Wells, 'And yet now, just as the need for...cooperation is paramount, indeed necessary for anything like the world we know to survive, we are only unbuilding...alliances— recoiling into nationalistic corners and retreating from collective responsibility and from each other.' I only hope that we and future generations see sense before it is too late.
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Scary. Some really important information and interesting ideas that I thought got bogged down at the end - particularly the last two chapters for me. He is coming from the "scare the crap out of you" school of.thought on climate change but preaching to.the choir. He won't convince any converts and those of us thoroughly alarmed will be more so.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Nothing in here is surprising other than Wallace-Wells's optimism. He lays out, like an avalanche, all the statistics and forecasts and foreseen and unforeseen consequences and feedback loops.
But he still counsels hope, has faith for the future generations, and tries to push us to mitigate at least the worst effects (really nice to finally see a case for nuclear).
It's a lucid, well-organized account of our myopia as a species. I hope his higher hope is more accurate than mine.
But he still counsels hope, has faith for the future generations, and tries to push us to mitigate at least the worst effects (really nice to finally see a case for nuclear).
It's a lucid, well-organized account of our myopia as a species. I hope his higher hope is more accurate than mine.
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
This book is absolutely phenomenal. A must-read about climate change, and one which I've been waxing lyrical about to anyone who will listen. Whether you think David Wallace-Wells' book is too alarmist (many book reviewers) or not alarmist enough (many climate change scientists), it does an excellent job of describing the multi-faceted horror of climate change. It's not just about greenhouse gases and single-use plastic, but the effects that flooding and drought will have on mass migration, the disappearance of 'fire season', and the ancient diseases thawing out as our permafrost disappears.
It's been a while since a book has really changed me, or shifted my outlook - but this one has done just that.
It's been a while since a book has really changed me, or shifted my outlook - but this one has done just that.
Good because putting it in the perspective of “this will happen to you physically” helped me a lot but also it’s still too dense for me. We love to learn tho!! 3.5 stars
Really, really depressing book, but also very interesting and worth the read.
challenging
informative
slow-paced