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adriancurcher's review
3.0
a lot of this went straight over my head, but what landed was definitely fascinating and opened my eyes to some new ways of thinking. Morton's writing manages to stay reasonably fun and light-hearted, even during some of the heavy philosophical stuff he manages to bring you back in by framing it with a Simpsons reference or including some Talking Heads lyrics in chapter heading. Overall a book that kept me teetering just on the edge of interest long enough to finish it.
nyxii's review against another edition
1.0
It was very philosophy heavy, which is fine, but I felt like I did not learn anything new/understood ecology any better than I had before reading this book. It offered to me no new insights or ways of looking at the problem at hand that I hadn't heard before.
themorsecode's review
4.0
Frequently headspinning but definitely opened to my mind to alternative ways of looking at the world. Morton writes in a very engaging, readable style (even when digging into some pretty heavy philosophy) and his mind zaps around different ideas, references and thoughts almost constantly - if the book was any longer it'd be utterly exhausting but the small size works well.
jcampbell's review
informative
slow-paced
4.0
A really good introduction that is really accessible and easy to understand. Definitely helps to change your perspective.
ronanmcd's review
4.0
I'm too ill informed and unfocused to understand the first oats of this book where the author lays out the foundations for his outlook.
But i got past that.
Then i got a treat of views science and art, and some ecology. There are some astounding moments, and some where you feel, i got that idea, i just never expressed thus (sustainability is about maintaining the status quo just enough). But there are some that are pretty far out and which having read the reasoning i couldn't argue against: the premise of the book example, you can't choose to be ecological, you already are part of ecology.
I also hugely admire the glimpse of a future where our footprint is light and we can enjoy being a part of a world, not its owners.
But i got past that.
Then i got a treat of views science and art, and some ecology. There are some astounding moments, and some where you feel, i got that idea, i just never expressed thus (sustainability is about maintaining the status quo just enough). But there are some that are pretty far out and which having read the reasoning i couldn't argue against: the premise of the book example, you can't choose to be ecological, you already are part of ecology.
I also hugely admire the glimpse of a future where our footprint is light and we can enjoy being a part of a world, not its owners.