Justin Farrell's sociology of Teton County, Wyoming — the wealthiest county in America and a case study in what happens when the ultra-rich buy the landscape. Conservation as class privilege. Wilderness as real estate. A book that will make you uncomfortable.
Geological time as a framework for understanding climate change, resource depletion, and our species' myopia. A short, powerful argument that we can't solve long-term problems with short-term thinking.