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Currently I'm reading Nina Burton's 'Livets tunna väggar' which translate to something like Walls of Life. It's a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother's summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.

It's a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.

What are you reading?

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[-] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That sounds really interesting!

I'm listening to:

Wretched of the Earth - I've read about half of it in the past, but I'd like to finish it.
At the Earth's Core - Edgar Rice Burroughs - neat ideas unfortunately locked in the authors views on race and humanity.

And reading:

Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey - I like the ecology bits, but he's somewhat reactionary and unfocused. Pretty writing, though.

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