This Isn't Fine: The Cultural Shift We Need to Save Humanity from the Dumpster Fire We Started

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Taylor Ahlstrom Nate Hagens

This Isn't Fine

The Cultural Shift We Need to Save Humanity from the Dumpster Fire We Started

Taylor Ahlstrom, Nate Hagens

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Emdashery Books⁠-
22 February 2024

Environmental economics; Economic systems & structures; Global warming

Jam-packed with charts, graphs, and hilarious memes, This Isn't Fine is a surprisingly funny and accessible ride through a world on the brink of collapse-and what we can do to survive it. Diving headfirst into finance and energy, culture and ecology, Taylor Ahlstrom transforms the complex systems and histories that underpin our society into relatable narratives, all while mythbusting popular delusions on everything from free-market capitalism to electric cars.

This is not a book about the end of the world. This is a book about how we can save it. And it's a must-read for any human on planet earth.
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Feel like the whole world is going to shit?

Been haunted by a creeping sense of existential dread?

Worried about the future of the planet-and ourselves?

. . . it's both better-and worse-than you think.

Wars and pandemics and wildfires and murder hornets, Elon and Bezos and dick rockets and cost-of-living crises-this isn't fine. In fact, it's totally, utterly, almost inescapably f
*cked. But however bad you think things seem . . . I promise you, all of these things are just a drop in the bucket, a matchbook in the dumpster fire we need to put out.

It's the biggest problem that nobody's talking about . . . the biggest secret that's hiding in plain sight. It's the biggest problem humanity has ever faced. And no, I'm not talking about climate change. Well, there's that too.

And to make matters worse, as the dumpster fire keeps on raging, we're starting to get used to the smell.

This isn't a depressing book about the end of the world. It's a book about how we can save it. It's a book about hope. Within these pages is the beginning to the answer to the problem at the heart of all the problems. It's why you've probably tuned out, given up, or given in, and what you can do to come back to life. It's everything that's wrong with the world and the way we're living in it and what we have to do to turn this ship around.

But if we want to put out the fire, we gotta figure out what's burning. And if we want to build something better, we have to know which pieces were better off getting burnt.

By: Taylor Ahlstrom
Foreword by: Nate Hagens
Imprint: Emdashery Books⁠-
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 717g
ISBN: 9798985033373
Pages: 410
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Taylor Ahlstrom is a writer, wanderer, lover of laughter, and part-time hedonist. When she's not busy trying to save the world, you can find her savoring it with her husband and friends in Madrid, Spain. This Isn't Fine is her second book, and she's already started writing number three. Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF), an organization focused on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians and systems thinkers, ISEOF assembles road-maps and off-ramps for how human societies can adapt to lower-throughput lifestyles. Nate holds a Masters Degree in Finance with Honors from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. He is a former college professor and the host of the podcast, The Great Simplification.

Reviews for This Isn't Fine: The Cultural Shift We Need to Save Humanity from the Dumpster Fire We Started

"""Ahlstrom balances the severity of our global crisis with refreshing clarity in what she knows can help us overcome what we are able and with a humorous, conversational, and no-holds-barred manner of speaking that a pearl-clutcher might call potty mouth. I call it honest ...This is an important book, and, with openmindedness and proactive change, we have the potential to take the necessary steps to fight the good fight alongside women like Ahlstrom. Very highly recommended."" - Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite"