Jessica Gibson’s Reviews > Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities > Status Update

Chapters on population and cities are hyper-relevant in the context of current natalism trends in the developed world

I’m a huge fan of Smil’s other books, but this is by far the densest, most esoteric so far. Reads like a maths textbook.

It’s super interesting and probably germane to understanding the world around us, but NGL, it’s exhausting to read.