Living On Earth, Peter Godfrey-Smith

 

Living on Earth:  Forests, corals, consciousness, and the making of the world by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Started: October 8, 2024
Completed: October 14, 2024
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: The Guardian

Review:

Godfrey-Smith takes a hard look at what it means to go on living on the Earth.  He considers many angles, but I think he kind of whiffs on co-dependence.  Perhaps his feeling is that, aside from food, we don't really need the other animals on the planet.  I think we do.  Other than that, I really enjoyed his insights and the presentation.  He did not present these as truths, just reasoned analysis.  Very enjoyable.