Patrick
Re-read. I do revisit this one every now and again because I like the ideas presented.
I appreciate the *ideas* and *concepts* presented in this book, but the evidence supporting them is outright missing. The book is only 140 pages, which is already a red flag for the "well-researched" and "properly cited" discussion.
To be clear, this book does not cite a single source to back up its claims. It provides a "Resource List" in the back of the book that acts as a "if you'd like to read more" section. There are no footnotes, there is no bibliography, there is no secondary or primary source attribution anywhere in this book. This alone, in my opinion, is reason alone you should avoid this book and seek better researched opinions about similar topics in other books.
There are also just some wildly oversimplified ideas presented here (part of the problem with its length).
It's good to think critically about how communities can support one another, but these ideas would go so much farther if they were cited correctly and this book was able to present its argument with evidence that could refute skepticism.
Re-read. I do revisit this one every now and again because I like the ideas presented.
I appreciate the *ideas* and *concepts* presented in this book, but the evidence supporting them is outright missing. The book is only 140 pages, which is already a red flag for the "well-researched" and "properly cited" discussion.
To be clear, this book does not cite a single source to back up its claims. It provides a "Resource List" in the back of the book that acts as a "if you'd like to read more" section. There are no footnotes, there is no bibliography, there is no secondary or primary source attribution anywhere in this book. This alone, in my opinion, is reason alone you should avoid this book and seek better researched opinions about similar topics in other books.
There are also just some wildly oversimplified ideas presented here (part of the problem with its length).
It's good to think critically about how communities can support one another, but these ideas would go so much farther if they were cited correctly and this book was able to present its argument with evidence that could refute skepticism.