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I know the author *lives* in the US now, but sometimes some of the cultural stuff they mention about the US is off base. Especially when it doesn’t pertain to the coasts. Like protests in 2020 in the US are not characterized as being about COVID my guy like what
— Oct 11, 2026 01:17PM
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Reading this at the recommendation of my coworker:
Process knowledge being lost “looking to people to embody to eternity” - this is the most important environmental lesson of the book so far. And yet I feel like the author doesn’t really interact with the most interesting things he brings up. Could this have to do with censorship?
This book makes me mad. It’s interesting.
— Oct 03, 2026 04:10PM
Process knowledge being lost “looking to people to embody to eternity” - this is the most important environmental lesson of the book so far. And yet I feel like the author doesn’t really interact with the most interesting things he brings up. Could this have to do with censorship?
This book makes me mad. It’s interesting.