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This is not yet sufficient to equal one of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass-extinction events that took place in the geological past, when three-quarters or more of all species became extinct. Taking mammals and birds together, we are ‘only’
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“The fossil record shows that no other species of large-bodied beast—above the size of an ant, say, or of an Antarctic krill—has ever achieved anything like such abundance as the abundance of humans on Earth right now.”
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
“The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead has advised us to “seek simplicity and distrust it.”
― Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
― Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
“billions of women must be out there on this seven-billion-person planet being told that they are not reliable witnesses to their own lives, that the truth is not their property, now or ever.”
― Men Explain Things to Me
― Men Explain Things to Me
“There is no history; there is only biography,” Emerson once wrote.”
― The Gene: An Intimate History
― The Gene: An Intimate History
“I confess that I admired him, even though he was my enemy. It is always better to admire the best among our foes rather than the worst among our friends.”
― The Sympathizer
― The Sympathizer
Philip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Philip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1 book
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78 friends
14 books
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54 friends
157 books
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11 friends
2,648 books
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16 friends
730 books
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12 friends
2,116 books
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225 friends
575 books
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17 friends
2 books
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76 friends
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Non-fiction and Science
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