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Insightful and timely

Revisado: 05-07-23

Although flawed in some respects at least from my perspective, overall an incredibly worthwhile read - a cogent critique of the rise of the illiberal Left.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 02-07-19

Fantastic in scope and daring! Totally worth the investment of time in expanding my world view.

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A science class you don't want to miss

Revisado: 09-21-18

Absolutely fascinating. Even though the science itself, as Yong explains, is still in its infancy, I'd go so far as to say it's a revelation: It has forever altered my fundamental understanding of life on this planet and, what's more, has certainly made me grasp why my gut health is kind of a biggie. That's not news, of course: functional health gurus have been peddling the gut microbiome and dysbiosis message for a while, but I was somewhere between skeptical and merely confused, until I Contain Multitudes with its wide-angle lens and telescope both trained on the subject of microbes and their hosts radically altered my perspective - quackery it ain't. Well written and well narrated, I highly recommend this book.

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Dazzling heresy

Revisado: 09-21-18

Why is there not more hype about this book? It's audacious! By definition, most people who read it will have an interest in environmental issues and conservation and for us, it's message is highly controversial. I had put it on my reading list to force myself to read something that doesn't accord with my world view, but I still figured I'd be reading some Donald Chump-style crock of pseudo-science concocted at the corrupt nexus of money and power and peddled to the public in service of some fat cat's bottom-line which would mostly make my blood boil, and instead it's astonishing, mind-blowing stuff that will forever alter my view on the impact our species is having on this planet. It could be sub-titled "The devastating human impact and the grander view of life." Not only is its message powerful and the case convincingly made, the writing style is marvelously engaging and its wonderfully narrated. Read Mr Thomas' heresy and feel re-born.

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Intriguing and ultimately empowering

Revisado: 05-10-18

Beyond merely interesting, Cure is nothing short of mind-blowing in some respects, and even where the research conducted to date raises more questions than it yields answers on the inter-dependence of mind and body, it is ultimately empowering. Highly recommended.

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Brilliantly illuminating & wickedly funny

Revisado: 05-10-18

An outstanding work - entertaining and brilliantly illuminating in equal measure. You don't have to subscribe to every aspect of Mr Galloway's at times scathing analysis or his prescriptions to survive his four horsemen of the apocalypse to nonetheless gain an immense amount of insight from his prescient take. Galloway also has an extremely sharp wit - I actually can't remember a book this (unexpectedly and literally) LOL - always an effective way to package evisceration! Highly, highly recommended!

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A difficult but powerful book

Revisado: 05-10-18

One of the most difficult books I've ever read; literally had to steel myself each day before resuming it's that distressing, despite Mr Lymbery's best efforts to leaven the load with his (nature) rambles, travelogue and good news stories interspersed throughout the relentlessly bleak picture he paints of the environmental catastrophe wrought by global meat production. He nonetheless mounts a powerful, cogent and damning case - should be compulsory reading for all of us dependent on this planet to sustain us.

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History for the closet anarchist

Revisado: 04-15-18

Quite frankly astonishing. A witty, subversive re-writing of history that will forever alter my view of the modern state. Brilliant.

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As depressing as it is convincing

Revisado: 04-03-18

Mr Scheidel makes a controversial case - at least for those of us not well versed in this aspect of economics - and he makes it so convincingly that The Great Leveler is in fact a very dry read. Nonetheless the fundamental revelation (for that is what it is for me) about inequality and the forces conspiring to increase it, is powerful.

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A counter revolutionary classic

Revisado: 03-18-18

Really loved Oliver Burkeman’s contrarion journey to a happier life. Entertaining, wide-ranging and intriguing. Best anti self help book I’ve had the good fortune to stumble across.

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