The Revolt Against Humanity
Imagining a Future Without Us

From Silicon Valley boardrooms to rural communes to academic philosophy departments, a seemingly inconceivable idea is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity’s reign on Earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it. The revolt against humanity is still new enough to appear outland......more

I always look forward to Columbia Global Reports. They tend to be short and jampacked. A single topic, usually controversial, intensely written up, with insights not available on facebook or twitter, let alone linkedin. This latest one is The Revolt Against Humanity, by Adam Kirsch. It does not disa......more

Fascinating topic and excellently written. I hadn't heard of the author before but I'd love to read more of his writing! --- My hot take, as someone who was once deeply committed to a secular/atheistic/humanistic/materialistic worldview: Without God, there is no objective value. For a while, we (as a......more

The author Adam Kirsch is a senior editor at the New Republic and a columnist for Tablet, he also writes for The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. Kirsch's book is a review of the published work on the climate crisis including philosophy, science, and popular culture. The focus of the boo......more

Eye-opening. I always liked Kirsch's writing, especially his literary criticism. I can't exactly pinpoint what I liked about his insights, but his broad understanding of literature and his contextual understanding in the light of current event was always enlightening. This book is for misanthropes, no......more