The World Without Us | 
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When I was looking at GR for my Aug read yesterday, I somehow missed this. Although I did finish it towards the very end of the month. However, as it was my favorite nf book of the entire year I am using it for my Sep read. A thought experiment founded on hard science & with lasting implications. Weisman's book is far ranging, calming, alarming, informative & ultimately hopeful in a strange way. In the wise words of (cont.)
pickWeisman's book is a thought experiment, founded on hard science. In it, he acknowledges the unlikeliness of the premise: what would the world look like if humans disappeared, however this in no way detracts from the book. One would think that reading about a world without humans when Covid has yet to reach the endemic stage & global warming has become more dire with each year, would be anxiety inducing. However, I found the passages of what
so-soI have often thought we are a virus that lives on this beautiful planet uninvited. This book sort of shows us that. Instead of living with the world and being part of it, we just keeping consuming it much like a parasite behaves. This shows us how the world will be just fine and ultimately better without us. Although i love the premise, the delivery was a bit dry and repeated itself quite a bit.
pickWhat if Covid had wiped out all the humans, but left the world otherwise unchanged? Weisman explores that question looking at places from the Channel Tunnel to Houston‘s oil refineries to Hagia Sofia as far as breakdown and destruction. He also explores which animals and plants would thrive and which would die. He includes a bit of environmental history as well. #audiobook #BorrowNotBuy
Taking the day off today and going through books that have come back to me recently, reading all the great comments from everyone and remembering what a great book this was.
I hope we can plan again for a #NForNonfiction2020 reboot, trilogy, sequel, etc.😉
You ladies always pick the best books that I didn‘t even know I really really needed to read!
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pickCan we look at the past in order to see the future? And what if that future didn‘t include humans? What would the earth and its revised balance of organisms look and act like? To call this a cautionary tale is to diminish its importance. It‘s so much more than that. It‘s a global scientific horror story, all precipitated by our own species. Slow-ish but valuable!
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I saw this on that *other* social media. It reminds me so much of the book I‘m reading right now. Plastic is the devil, and don‘t even get me started on tires. This book (which I tagged) is both depressing and making me hate humans for their refusal to face the damage they are creating.
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Finished my library book, so now I dive into this one for our informal #nfornonfiction postal book club. Yay!
so-soThe premise of a world after humans is so interesting, and I like the way it was formatted to discuss cities, different forms of wildlife, etc. At times, it could be a bit dry, and I had a hard time following his connections every now and then. However, I learned a lot—my favorite parts were about New York City and about Cappadocia, Turkey.
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This is on its way to you, @BarbaraTheBibliophage
I checked the mail today, and this had arrived! #bookmail #nfornonfiction I‘m already enjoying your notes, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa !
pickMore technical in spots then I was expecting, but the total was way more than the sum of its parts. I thoroughly enjoyed this look into the future without humans, and how things we have set into motion would continue on without and despite us.
Recommend if you liked The Sixth Extinction
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My 1st for #NForNonfiction, I‘ll get it in to the mail to you on Monday @tjwill , sorry I‘m a bit late.
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pickDay 18: I read it back in 2013, but it resonated with me. What would happen to the world if humans disappeared? Even though we have done irreparable harm to our planet, it would go on without us... Very #thoughtprovoking
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Five books read in September, all science for #ScienceSeptember, and all got a thumb‘s up. #Septemberwrapup
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The premise of the book is this: what would happen if humans suddenly disappeared? I was expecting a book about what would happen to human-made structures such as dams, skyscrapers, dams, our houses, bridges, etc. But the scope of the book is much broader than this. You might think that the earth would return to an unspoiled paradise but unfortunately Homo sapiens have done so much damage to the planet that this is impossible. Fascinating read!
This book is depressing. A common theme in the history of Homo sapiens: wherever we go, extinctions follow.
So far so good! I love this thought experiment and learning the different changes our world has experienced since as far as the ice age.
A #future without humanity. #readingresolutions @Jess7
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Again still #TBR, this book discusses what Earth might look like if humans were to suddenly disappear. Sounds like a fascinating non-fiction read.
I read The World Without Us some time ago. Seems timely now. I am so angry and so heartbroken. Luckily, I live in WA, and my governor has stated that we will stick with the Paris Accord. I ❤ WA.
Taking a break from Bill Nye. The World Without Us has been sitting on my shelf for a while. Thought today would be a good day to pick it up. #EarthDay 🌎
pickOstensibly a book about a potential future, ultimately it's more about the past and present. I don't know what the world will look like without us, but now I do know what it'll have to overcome with or without us.
I'd hoped for a bit more imaginative work on what will happen without us, where this sticks closely to what would happen to what we leave behind. Relevant and important, but still all about us.
Someone asked me how I read so much. It's not magic, alas. I just make the time. I don't watch TV. I sleep less than would be ideal. I hurry with work and productivity to get time to read.
Lazy morning with my Habitica Legendary Book Club choice for this month. Yeah, I read apocalyptic non-fic to relax...
"Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be."
Excellent thought experiment. What would happen to our planet if one day all the humans were gone?
#scaretober #nonfiction I hate to describe this one as scary but it is and the end is haunting. It is MUCH better than the documentary series based on the same idea.
pickThis is a good, but slightly depressing, book about whether or not the world would recover if we weren't here. It likely would. I really felt hope until the book hit the nuclear energy part of human development and the world is basically screwed. I knew this but didn't KNOW it. Now I KNOW it and Noe it cannot be unknown. My heart is broken.
Be it the Rapture, aliens, or our own stupidity if we were to disappear the world would repair itself. It would take awhile and a lot of species might not make it but it would be better, healthier. It makes me sad to know we've done so much going damage that will take 100s and 1000s of years for just the smallest changes to happen. Some of the big damage, even longer than we can really comprehend. But at least the mosquitos will make it.
Some of you have probably heard cockroaches will survive anything, including nuclear war. Well, add plastics to what will still be around once we're gone. I already knew this but hearing it in the context of this book has saddened me.
This month's Talk Green to Me book club choice, perfect for today's #nonfictionlove. I haven't started it yet so I guess I'd better get to reading so I'm prepared to discuss it next week. #somethingforsept
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