Hanrahan reviewed Beyond Civilization by Daniel Quinn
In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right …
Daniek raises interesting points
2 stars
But as ever there's no recognition of the laws of nature. Can we have a car, phone, dishwasher and fly to Thailand for holidays ? Can the biosphere support that ? Id suggest no, not becase I'm an expert but becase actual experts say no.
While his arguments around better civilisations make some sense, for me there's nothing new there and to me is self evident, we don't chnahe mostly becase those further up have bigger guns (see Stalin) It really doesn't matter what organisational structure we have if it can't be supported. I have to admit I stopped after most of the way through and gave up becase of that.
On a side note, I did read Ismael but a telapathic gorilla was difficult to come to grips with.
