Comments on: Book review – Everything is Fucked: A Book about Hope

By: Book review – Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:53:35 +0000

[…] the, what he calls, uncomfortable truth: that human existence is meaningless. To then argue that we must learn to act without hope. It should come as no surprise that both Manson and Barash profess an interest in Buddhism. The […]

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By: Year list – The Inquisitive Biologist’s top 5 reads of 2019 | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:47:29 +0000

[…] This is perhaps a strange book for a blog that mostly reviews life science books, but I will make no secret of the fact that I am a big fanboy of his blog, and this book was a worthy follow-up to his last one. With Mark’s trademark vulgar wit and imaginative metaphors, Everything is Fucked tackles the thorny question of why everything seems so fucked when we have never had it this good. Read more… […]

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inquisitivebiologist — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:03:55 +0000

In reply to Michael Dowd.

Thank Michael! That looks like a really interesting concept, I will listen to some of those interviews.

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Michael Dowd — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 17:51:10 +0000

Will do. I also recommend seeing here and watching a few of my conversations: https://postdoom.com/
If this fits where your head and heart are at, I’d love to schedule a “post-doom” conversation with you.

fyi… my audio recording of Catton’s Overshoot (the entire book) as well as a fabulous summary/overview by Peter Montague (which does not suffice for reading the book, as damn near every paragraph is wonderful, including Stewart Udall’s foreward) can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/william-r-catton-jr

Other related playlists: https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/

Here’s what I have to say about all the above (some links to audio files are no longer good and I’ve migrated to Soundcloud): http://thegreatstory.org/sustainability-audios.html

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inquisitivebiologist — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:11:24 +0000

In reply to Michael Dowd.

Thanks, I have actually been invited to do an interview with the guy runnning the YouTube channel Collapse Chronicles and provide a top ten of recommended books on the topic. I have shortlisted some 30 books or so to read and review here (probably over the course of this year in between everything else!) and Catton’s Overshoot is indeed one of them, as he also mentioned it as an influential title. So, stay tuned 🙂

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By: Michael Dowd

Michael Dowd — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:17:11 +0000

I would suggest that it’s not just difficult, it’s utterly impossible to understand why we’re fucked without understanding the ecological paradigm articulated most powerfully by William R. Catton, Jr in his 1980 classic, “Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. I invite you to read and review it, as many of us consider it the single most important book of the 20th century and certainly the most important one we’ve ever read.

For a deeper look at why we’re screwed and how Pinker is ecologically clueless see my 24-minute Pinker takedown video; “Sane vs. Insane Progress”: https://youtu.be/1wdO1bZw0Ik

Keep up the great reviews!

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By: Year list – The Inquisitive Biologist’s top 5 reads of 2019 | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:51:31 +0000

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By: Book review – The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:41:35 +0000

[…] if my favourite blogger Mark Manson had written this book, he might have simply called it “Everything Is Fucked” and dropped the subtitle “A Book About Hope“. Money might have thrown in his lot […]

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By: Book review – Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:05:29 +0000

[…] To then argue that we must learn to act without hope (see my review of his wonderful book Everything Is Fucked: A Book About Hope). It should come as no surprise that both Manson and Barash profess an interest in Buddhism (see […]

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By: Book review – Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things | The Inquisitive Biologist

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:34:46 +0000

[…] Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives). I was very much reminded of what Mark Manson writes in Everything Is Fucked: A Book About Hope – it is easy to forget that the world does not run on facts but on emotions. We care what other […]

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