Friday, November 16, 2007

Terrifying

So I just finished a terrifying book - Collapse by Jared Diamond, which explores societies that have collapsed. In every case of collapse, environmental degradation is a huge causitive factor. The book ends by exploring the environmental situation of the current world. I have never read anything so grim, bleak, and dire and it really scared the shit out of me. We should be spending all of our energy learning to farm and live sustainably. We might be screwed as a race. I highly recommend this book despite the horrifying picture it presents.