tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post3924352028743361158..comments2024-02-03T18:13:42.370-08:00Comments on ricklibrarian: The World Without Us by Alan Weismanricklibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621583568674705756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-44492396969417183802008-03-16T07:29:00.000-07:002008-03-16T07:29:00.000-07:00I've just finished reading this and James Kunstler...I've just finished reading this and James Kunstler's The Long Emergency: pretty grim stuff. They come at the tail end of much research for a book that I hope will be out next fall: The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards <BR/>to Jane Jacobs Street and Beyond (VĂ©hicule Press.)<BR/><BR/>My quarrel with both Weisman and Kunstler (in particular) is that they paint what is happening as inevitable. <BR/><BR/>Their warnings are important but may inspire paralysis not action. There are things that can be done, that ought to be done. The danger is that what Naomi Klein (in another book well worth reading, The Shock Doctrine) calls "disaster capitalists" will use the opportunity of "end of the world" scenarios to make the world safer for the wealthy few, and forget the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>MaryMary Soderstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-84408853727942039692008-03-12T08:59:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:59:00.000-07:00I've seen so much about this book. It sounds real...I've seen so much about this book. It sounds really, really interesting. I'm going to have to check it out. Thanks for the review!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.com