I think about that book a lot these days. He was a very celebrated author, all his books were being made into movies. But not that one. (The post script was very critical of the whole climate science philosophy of 'settled science" and he liked it to the eugenics movement of the early 20th century, and his arguments were very compelling for those who have not read it.) And I agree with you - really good book ahead of its time.

State of Fear was his second to last book published (2004) while he was alive. The last one was Next (2006) and was about genetic testing and ownership - another controversial topic. He was diagnosed with lymphoma and died in 2008. Sometimes I wonder if he was getting too close to the truth. He was very popular because he was a great storyteller and as Burning Bright over at Badlands likes to say, we are in a war of stories. I will admit I lean more towards veing extremely skeptical side these days, but was it a coincidence thst one of the influential storytellers of the day happened to get lymphoma? 🤔

I think about that book a lot these days. He was a very celebrated author, all his books were being made into movies. But not that one. (The post script was very critical of the whole climate science philosophy and his arguments were very compelling for those who have not read it.) And I agree with you - really good book ahead of its time.

State of Fear was his second to last book published (2004) while he was alive. The last one was Next (2006) and was about genetic testing and ownership - another controversial topic. He was diagnosed with lymphoma and died in 2008. Sometimes I wonder if he was getting too close to the truth. He was very popular because he was a great storyteller and as Burning Bright over at Badlands likes to say, we are in a war of stories. I will admit I lean more towards veing extremely skeptical side these days, but was it a coincidence thst one of the influential storytellers of the day happened to get lymphoma? 🤔