The Anthropocene Reviewed: Deeply researched, quirkily personal essays on the wonder and worry of human life
All of human life is there in John Green’s thoughtful essay collection, adapted from his podcast of the same name
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centred Planet
By John Green
Ebury Press, €20.25
As John Green and his girlfriend were driving to the shop, she asked him what he most feared. “Abandonment,” he replied. Their graduation was approaching and Green worried that the end of their time in college would mark the end of their relationship. In the uncomfortable ensuing silence where Green’s girlfriend didn’t offer him the reassurance he craved, Green asked ...