Review: Misgivings Addressed and Answered

The research and writing of this book has obviously been a massive undertaking. Not so obviously, it is incredibly up to date with current technological advances.

I started to read it as just another attempt at idealizing a Utopian Society. I had all the usual misgivings about his glossing over of inconvenient truths, or leaving gaping holes in his logic or reasoning. However, the further I read, the more my misgivings were addressed and answered convincingly. I sometimes felt that his elaborations were overlong and had a tendency to slightly drift off topic, but he always managed to bring them back in time!

I did feel that his criticism of the FDA, while thoroughly justified, didn’t really add to his thesis, and the book wouldn’t suffer if it were to be omitted. If I have one real niggle it is, from my personal perspective, that once again the environment is a minor bystander to human cleverness. The two outstanding aspects of the book were the Charter of a Celebration Society, and the revelations of his and Jennifer’s personal anecdotes which provided that human touch.

I can’t tell you how much I admire you for producing this gem and wish you a profound reception and success in promoting these wonderful ideas.

 

~Steve Friedman, retired geology teacher