Title: Interesting concept but not worth a whole book
Review: In the bookstore I frequent this book was under social sciences, I think it would be better placed in the self help section as that is what it reads like.I give Quinn five stars for his message and creative thinking, but its not a great book. A very dramatic title pulls you in and it then starts out with a really interesting conceptual theory about civilization, in that it is not a natural state for humans to exist in, Quinn then goes on to suggest that tribes are a more natural state for us humans to belong to. I agree with his damning assesment of civilisation but I am not sure his mostly vague thoughts about new tribalism is really much of a solution to anyone.With every essay my initial excitement slowly ebbed away as the book went on and on without building too much on its central theme. When Quinn started writing about his own personal 'walk' from civilization was the point where I started skimming looking for a change in direction, it never came.
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