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The Ministry for the Future, Rise and Fall of Third Reich, Benjamin Franklin's biography by Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci's biography, Crafting Interpreters, The Overstory

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I couldn't finish Ministry for the Future; I found it just too depressing. And I like Kim Stanley Robinson but I just couldn't believe in the solutions he proposes for climate change. I think the problem is too big for us to solve and that humanity is almost certainly in for a few rough centuries while we adjust. A lot of people are going to suffer.

I'm not able to continue the book either. I got lost in the carbon coin proposal. And yes it's very depressing. What's depressing is human conduct. As long as politicians are manipulating the situation for their own benefits, it's impossible to come up with a solution.

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