jcampbell's review against another edition
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 against another edition
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.
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.
logarithms's review against another edition
3.0
this was my first time reading a philosophy book literally ever and i think my smooth stem brain just got a new ridge from trying to understand the barrage of words and namedrops
the ideas in this book are super interesting but the format was a little too frustrating. i was imagining listening to a lecture instead of reading a book to follow the stream of consciousness style but i definitely lost the thread partway thru the tuning chapter nd only picked it up in uncanny valley
(notes r in dot notebook)
curious to read an ecology book now and see if i can look at it with fresh eyes
the ideas in this book are super interesting but the format was a little too frustrating. i was imagining listening to a lecture instead of reading a book to follow the stream of consciousness style but i definitely lost the thread partway thru the tuning chapter nd only picked it up in uncanny valley
(notes r in dot notebook)
curious to read an ecology book now and see if i can look at it with fresh eyes
gjpeace's review against another edition
2.0
A real slog. I enjoyed Morton’s other books—Dark Ecology, especially—but his style in this became more and more grating as I read on. I never wanted to pick it up, and I forced myself through the last 50ish pages today. Also not sure if he proposes anything significantly new in this, anything I wouldn’t have known from reading his other works.
guvenator's review against another edition
3.0
In a word: surprising. In many ways, refreshing and eye opening. Morton challenged me to think about ecology in unexpected ways and provided some deeply interesting philosophical conundrums to ponder. That said, I was looking for a book about ecology, about nature and the environment and what we as humans are doing to it, and that's not what I got, to my surprise.
turbomandoll's review against another edition
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.
timbomb's review against another edition
5.0
A really lovely book that somehow manages to make Kant sound appealing. Morton unpacks the history of "ecological thought", the various difficulties with undertaking it and the styles of it that don't do what they claim. He also indicates how to attune to various aspects of your life - just as you're loving it - that are already 'ecological'.
I've really enjoyed the experience of what felt like being in the flow of Tim's teaching. I'm tempted to go back and take notes so I've got some hope of thinking more like Tim seems to think.
Strongly recommended.
I've really enjoyed the experience of what felt like being in the flow of Tim's teaching. I'm tempted to go back and take notes so I've got some hope of thinking more like Tim seems to think.
Strongly recommended.