alalala's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

kieuu's review against another edition

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hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

benpurvis42's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

sunbearers's review

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inspiring

5.0

hushed's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

margaretpinard's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

2.75

While there were some new and interesting points raised, the structure of the book was not easily digested or very engaging. The beginning and end utopian fictions were the most interesting, but the middle was where all the arguing was done, which was abstruse and somewhat opaque. Who is Neurath??
linear programming + cybernetics (feedback flow modeling) + decentralized choice of how to meet quotas... Chile experiment with US disruption --> Pinochet (!)
p70 "Ideas can be like cashews--while shelling, one must avoid the acid to get to the fruit. In the case of conservation, the acid is colonial Malthusianism and the fruit is the protection of thousands of species from extinction"
p76 pointing out possible link between where energy source was and how controllable the labor pool was: water mill (isolated), coal (near barracks), petroleum (totes flex)
p84 pointing out anti-nuclear is strongest enviro mvt (strange comparison to BECCS and half-earth, which don't have broad support, but are opposite policies
p150 axe handle academy questions about where you live for local knowledge
p103 'linear programming' math optimizes several variables at once, better than IAMs? 3 main levers: emissions, land use, diet

catmilkremedies's review against another edition

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4.0

pretty good! pleasantly surprised by this one. was anticipating a much more polemical work than what it ended up being. a patient stroll into the down to earth (down to half-earth?) ways of running a socialist coalition. the points about global veganism and rewinding half the earth i was apprehensive about, but upon reading i am more or less on board. I recommend this one!

little_witch_bee's review against another edition

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hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

thenightsarealive's review against another edition

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Was too busy and I had to return it to Spencer. Would like to finish it at some point.

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hopeful informative slow-paced

2.0