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Coincidentally I just finished State of Fear last night, a Crichton novel about Eco terrorism. To be honest parts of it made me uncomfortable but with an open m
by tjlav5 7y ago
Coincidentally I just finished State of Fear last night, a Crichton novel about Eco terrorism. To be honest parts of it made me uncomfortable but with an open mind it can be a very interesting read. His idea of the PLM complex is a pretty interesting take on our current state of affairs.
- madrox 7y agoI read this book shortly after its publication...I haven't thought much about it since I read it, but I'm curious how well its aged, given what I remember about the contents. It doesn't take much imagination to figure out what parts made you uncomfortable, though.
- jbay808 7y agoWorth reading this response by James Hansen: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200604/viewpoint.cfm https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200604/viewpoint.cf...
- pbecotte 7y agoYeah, I feel weird about the book. The devil's advocate stuff about climate science is NOT helpful or intellectually honest...but I find the broader argument about the media living from crises to crises very compelling. (Also, the actual plot of the book was super annoying haha)
- melling 7y agoThat’s from 2006 and extrapolates to 2020. Has anyone updated it?
- beefman 7y agoSee this page https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/ https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/ and in particular, this graph https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/graph_data/Global_Mean_Estimates_based_on_Land_and_Ocean_Data/graph.png https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/graph_data/Global_...
- ggm 7y agoI enjoyed the book immensely, but I think its overall tone is destructive of goodwill towards activism in AGW, and it was hugely selective in its use of statistics. Crichton, had he lived, might well have come to regret this book more than others, although I guess he too might have been subject to confirmation bias on things.