A review by zazine
Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time by Ben Ehrenreich

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve read Desert Notebooks and I find myself thinking about it every time there’s mention of climate change on the news or when I’m just walking in the park. 

I guess there’s a sense of impremanence to human history that this book really captures in all it’s ramblings about time and progress (or what we perceive as progress). And don’t get me wrong, I like the ramblings, they’re the best part. I listened to this as an audiobook and sometimes it filled me with dread and other times I found is soothing, but it was never boring. It felt like listening to a friend tell you about all the wonderful things he’s learned and how none of them really matter in the end. One man’s nihilism is another’s zen.