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daytonm's review against another edition
3.0
When I found out that Ralph Nader had written a 200-page "fable" in which nonhuman animals gained the ability to communicate with humans and staged a moral call to action, I was very excited.
Unfortunately, the book isn't actually that good. The main things I learned are that Ralph Nader is weirdly obsessed with animal sex, that he might not have a great grasp on what an insect is (lumping in earthworms and centipedes in the "insect kingdom"), that he loves indulging in mediocre wordplay that might generously be called "dad humor," and that, you guys, he's *weirdly* obsessed with animal sex, and thinks everyone else is too!!
Still, good to see influential progressives dedicate this sort of attention to the animal question--Nader conveys some useful tidbits on nonhuman intelligence, ecology and the ethical implications thereof (although his species politics, especially when it comes to "domesticates," are less radical than I would have hoped).
Unfortunately, the book isn't actually that good. The main things I learned are that Ralph Nader is weirdly obsessed with animal sex, that he might not have a great grasp on what an insect is (lumping in earthworms and centipedes in the "insect kingdom"), that he loves indulging in mediocre wordplay that might generously be called "dad humor," and that, you guys, he's *weirdly* obsessed with animal sex, and thinks everyone else is too!!
Still, good to see influential progressives dedicate this sort of attention to the animal question--Nader conveys some useful tidbits on nonhuman intelligence, ecology and the ethical implications thereof (although his species politics, especially when it comes to "domesticates," are less radical than I would have hoped).
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