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Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert
The control of the control of nature: electric fish barriers, gene drives, carbon capture, solar geoengineering. Wry and unsettling.
Read it if…
you want to understand the fixes we are attempting.
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Skip it if…
you want straightforward optimism.
Try instead: Field Notes from a Catastrophe →
Three things you will actually use
- Every fix creates a problem.
- We are committed to managing.
- Choose interventions carefully.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the Chicago River.
Our verdict
Kolbert on fixes.
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