He did say that he had originally planned to cover 18 failed societies, but realized that would make for a very depressing book. Instead, he covers failures and successes. Some of the later sections in the book look very useful. There's a section that covers one-liner objections to ecological concerns and points out the deficiencies in the objects. There's a section titled Reasons for Hope and another section on what individuals can do about environmental problems. It's buried in the further readings chapter.
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Date: 2005-04-29 04:26 am (UTC)He did say that he had originally planned to cover 18 failed societies, but realized that would make for a very depressing book. Instead, he covers failures and successes. Some of the later sections in the book look very useful. There's a section that covers one-liner objections to ecological concerns and points out the deficiencies in the objects. There's a section titled Reasons for Hope and another section on what individuals can do about environmental problems. It's buried in the further readings chapter.