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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
When I started the book, I was skeptical about the premise. - Plants with a constitution. As I got into the book, it began to make sense. Man maybe at the top of the chain but the flora is what will eventually survive the climate change. This should be required reading by all of the bigwigs who "run" the world and all of the climate change deniers. But unfortunately, they can't read or don't want to read .
Makes some excellent points and should be read by everyone.
Makes some excellent points and should be read by everyone.
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Das Buch sollte von allen einmal gelesen werden, um zu verstehen, warum Klimaschutz so relevant und wichtig ist, und vor allem für uns jetzt schon ein Hauptanliegen sein sollte.
I get that this is supposed to be a Whimsical Exercise, but frankly it doesn't say anything very new, in any way that is particularly imaginative.
And i get that the author is trying to write about plants in some sort of accessible way, but the kind of 'arguments' he's trying to make for his herbaceous "manifesto" sound painfully contrived and shoehorned (eg when he's talking about how special the "phylogenetic plasticity" of plants is). Excuse me for being part of the unwashed masses you're writing for, but don't other organisms shrink and grow too, arent there instances of island dwarfism and gigantism over time? Then there's that little incoherent chapter about plants migrating and knowing no borders, which i dont know was meant to say what. Just who is this book written for??!?!
Finally, for a text that seems torn between jargon and accessibility, science and society/history, it's jarring that the writer has dedicated virtually no thought to his titular use of "nation", a word that emerged in very specific historical and geographical contexts. (For that matter, i still don't really know whats so "radical" about this "manifesto" either)
The cover is quite pretty and it's only 150 pages, sprinkled with a few fun facts. Going by his bio i'm sure this author writes more informed and detailed texts elsewhere.
But for me this book goes into that growing bin of vacuous, vapid "eco-lit" that make you go "trees died for this??" after you've gone thru the trouble of reading them. 99.6% of the time "AnTHRop0ceNe" almost inevitably get stuffed somewhere into such texts, and you come away realising you didnt really know what the hell the writer is actually Whimsically looping and looping on about.
Don't let any more trees die for this kind of writing. Rumination culminating in scatology should be saved for ruminants like cows.
I think you can find books about plants elsewhere.
And i get that the author is trying to write about plants in some sort of accessible way, but the kind of 'arguments' he's trying to make for his herbaceous "manifesto" sound painfully contrived and shoehorned (eg when he's talking about how special the "phylogenetic plasticity" of plants is). Excuse me for being part of the unwashed masses you're writing for, but don't other organisms shrink and grow too, arent there instances of island dwarfism and gigantism over time? Then there's that little incoherent chapter about plants migrating and knowing no borders, which i dont know was meant to say what. Just who is this book written for??!?!
Finally, for a text that seems torn between jargon and accessibility, science and society/history, it's jarring that the writer has dedicated virtually no thought to his titular use of "nation", a word that emerged in very specific historical and geographical contexts. (For that matter, i still don't really know whats so "radical" about this "manifesto" either)
The cover is quite pretty and it's only 150 pages, sprinkled with a few fun facts. Going by his bio i'm sure this author writes more informed and detailed texts elsewhere.
But for me this book goes into that growing bin of vacuous, vapid "eco-lit" that make you go "trees died for this??" after you've gone thru the trouble of reading them. 99.6% of the time "AnTHRop0ceNe" almost inevitably get stuffed somewhere into such texts, and you come away realising you didnt really know what the hell the writer is actually Whimsically looping and looping on about.
Don't let any more trees die for this kind of writing. Rumination culminating in scatology should be saved for ruminants like cows.
I think you can find books about plants elsewhere.
(Audible) libro breve ma ricco di spunti e di spiegazioni chiare e esaustive di come funzionano (o potrebbero funzionare) le piante se l'uomo non ci mette le zampino.
lettura che consiglio a tutti per comprendere meglio come l'azione di tutti può, da una parte, evitare un disastro per il mondo umano e dall'altra favorire la cooperazione con il mondo vegetale.
lettura che consiglio a tutti per comprendere meglio come l'azione di tutti può, da una parte, evitare un disastro per il mondo umano e dall'altra favorire la cooperazione con il mondo vegetale.
Wel aardig. Paar interessante stukken, paar minder boeiend stukken, paar vrij suffe stukken. Minimaal één echte fout (Hessel de Vries was een Nederlander, geen Deen, en als je dat als vertaler niet dubbelcheckt bij zo'n uberhollandse naam ben je niet goed bezig).
Mancuso podría haber profundizado un poco más o quizás dar más ejemplos. Siento que la idea es muy buena pero cada capítulo –o mejor dicho, cada artículo de la "declaración de derechos de las plantas"– siento que no llega a enlazar del todo bien con el titular que defiende. Siento que debería haber, no solo ejemplos en los capítulos, sino también algo menos expositivo y más reflexivo, una defensa en profundidad de la política que defiende. Le falta algo de filosofía, simplemente.
Aun así entiendo que la idea del libro es ser escueto, legible y fácilmente divulgable. Espero que funcione (desde aquí recomiendo su lectura) y que aprendamos más de las plantas, de su respeto por el entorno y su arraigo tranquilo y sostenible.
Aun así entiendo que la idea del libro es ser escueto, legible y fácilmente divulgable. Espero que funcione (desde aquí recomiendo su lectura) y que aprendamos más de las plantas, de su respeto por el entorno y su arraigo tranquilo y sostenible.
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i have so many thoughts and feelings and love for this book
informative
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