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The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
from Picador

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• I agree with the other reviews
  Very well written. Not as much detail in some places, but given the scope of the topic, that's forgiveable. It's interesting to note how little we do that will be permanent. Especially modern housing. Great reading!

• A fascinating intellectual exercise
  The World Without Us concerns an interesting hypothetical scenario. What happens to the earth if humanity disappears? The cause of humanity's departure is irrelevant. Instead, what becomes of our cities? What happens to the massive human-created infrastructure that litters the planet? What are the long term effects of the environmental damage humanity has caused? What happens to animals and plants that we have directly affected over the centuries? Alan Weisman explores the answers to these fascinating, if... more info

• Wiesman preaches the tenants of animism
  Weisman refers to many less-complex life-forms as our ancestors.
  Weisman prays to "Mother Earth" at the very end of the book.
  These are tenants of Animism or worshiping animals because they are your ancestors.
  Weisman proposes that watching animals and plants is more enjoyable than having raising children.
  Weisman anthromorphsizes evolution giving it or animals the power to design their genetic mutations.
  I won't even go into the way he practically deifies "Natural Selection" as... more info

• Great Book
  One other person wrote that this book is fascinating but depressing and that is why he/she chose to give it less than 5 stars.
  I beg to differ, one of the reasons why I gave it 5 stars is because it was depressing. It caused me a lot of anguish reading how much we have damaged this planet and how part of this damage will take 1000s of years to go away. I guess that would have been part of the message of this book, which it delivered on superbly.
  Another user also chose to give it less than 5 stars... more info

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