Reviews and Comments

a description of massive trauma from a non-western perspective that sits at the intersection of many oppressed categories, blackness, queerness, transness, neurodivergency (these 'categories' coming of course short of capturing the incredible richness of the author's experience)... heavy to read, I could have used some more content warnings from the person who introduced me to it... but I found it beautiful and necessary, I cried a lot

recommended to all the policy-makers, computer scientists, data analysts etc etc that will probably never read it, sigh

builds on a rich tradition of ecology (most importantly indigenous one) and states the obvious. hard to read, strong emotions. highly recommended.

this book is REALLY heavy

really good so far, only thing I dislike a bit is the title, because it may sound too naive... (I don't think that the phrasing 'save the world' makes sense, the world can't be 'saved' at this point.. but degrowth is the only viable strategy for the future, at a planetary system scale). the content of the book is not naive at all, it's well-written and builds on decades of works already done in the same direction, most often by people who are not white people in the Western world

the description of the rise of capitalism in chapter 1 is excellent

the introduction does not present new pieces of information, like, I've read papers and reports on the 6th mass extinction, biodiversity loss, climate scenarios, catastrophic forecasts, warnings by hundreds of scientists, etc, it's not new information, but reading it again synthesized in the span of a few pages is gut-wrenching

I read the original edition on purpose and the language is outdated when it comes to tackling gender and trans folks but never in a nasty way and despite that I am surprised by how well this book has aged

rich in references, to the point that if one wants to follow them all it becomes an endless rabbit hole

very deep personal relationship with this book

the chapter on psilocybin convinced me that it's something I definitely would like to try once in life if I get the chance

a close friend borrowed this as soon as I got it in the mail, so I get to read it only when I visit them for now, which makes it like a luxury treat

reading this book is turning out to be hard lol, it's too packed with too many excellent references that I feel compelled to check out, I can make it to 2-3 pages max per day..

feels preposterous to even write a review, just excellent