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FSogol

(47,545 posts) Mon Jul 29, 2013, 01:19 PM Jul 2013

"Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction" by Annalee Newitz.

I particularity enjoyed this quote: "The world has been almost completely destroyed at least a half dozen times already in Earth's 4.5-billion-year history, and every single time there have been survivors."

Review here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/scatter-adapt-and-remember-how-humans-will-survive-a-mass-extinction-by-annalee-newitz/2013/07/25/77f19520-9300-11e2-a31e-14700e2724e4_story.html

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Book rec for the "sky is falling" crowd. [View all] FSogol Jul 2013 OP

lol. that may be the funniest glass half full reference ever cali Jul 2013 #1

"But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world." NuclearDem Jul 2013 #2

Everything old is new again! FSogol Jul 2013 #4

Mass extinction? HappyMe Jul 2013 #3

There have been survivors, LWolf Jul 2013 #5

The cockroaches will rule! Fuddnik Jul 2013 #6

So be it. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #9

Woops, not everywhere. longship Jul 2013 #28

Not if the human survivors have a good supply of Raid. n/t RebelOne Jul 2013 #33

Present company excepted, of course... MineralMan Jul 2013 #7

I'd take a more moderate approach. LWolf Jul 2013 #11

I see. Well, then... MineralMan Jul 2013 #13

But I don't. LWolf Jul 2013 #14

Well, OK, then. MineralMan Jul 2013 #15

The solution is actually to *expand* choice--particularly for women. antigone382 Jul 2013 #22

That's one viable strategy, anyway. LWolf Jul 2013 #25

To fit with the theme of the OP book recommendation csziggy Jul 2013 #8

Great site, thanks. n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #24

Twinkies and roaches... one_voice Jul 2013 #12

plus sharks and arely staircase Jul 2013 #21

Humans are just another animal species circling the drain. hunter Jul 2013 #16

Not much chance of us going extinct...... AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #17

Trilobites were tough too. hunter Jul 2013 #18

Apples and oranges, my friend. Apples and oranges. n/t AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #19

It's not, and that's exactly where the human race has gone wrong. hunter Jul 2013 #29

Maybe so, but we are still truly unique. You can't deny that. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #31

No, we are creatures that adapt our environment like no other muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #36

That wasn't my intent behind that post and you damn well know it. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #30

CD, where did I mention climate change in that post? AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #35

Either the book or the review is a bit confused muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #20

Still would be quite the scary scene, though. AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #32

there's a joke about a guy that's scared about the sun exploding Enrique Jul 2013 #23

"Scatter" is the stupidest advice out there Warpy Jul 2013 #26