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Title: Mediocre book buries good ideas
Review: This work reads like a transcript of a conversation with a stoned guy sitting on the couch who's worried about the environment. I wanted to like this; I thought Jensen was supposed to be a dangerous, radical thinker who strikes at the bedrock of civilization. The book might as well have been two sentences: "We're destroying the planet because we can't recognize it as a living thing that communicates with us and of which we are a part. Let me tell you about this really cool thing that happened with me and some animals one day." Jensen's critique might posture as radical, but his largely humorless tone never rises above mild concern and his language is lackluster. I suspect that might be the point: the book's mediocrity is intentional, seeking the lowest common denominator.
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