Racing To Extinction

Disappointing, and a bit silly, but my displeasure is at least partially a fault of my own expectations. Based on the title I was expecting a reasoned argument to convince the reader that humanity's demise is imminent. But Lewis somehow fulfills the promise of the title in a totally different (and i......more

Astoundingly good foreword, excellent prologue.. Most of the rest of the book is excellent and infinitely poignant, except for some of the history lessons, which are much longer than they need to be, as well as his over/under line for when humanity goes extinct (2055). Barring nuclear armageddon with......more

I wish I could give this book 10 stars out of 5. The author has written a book about the topic no one wants to talk about--humanity's imminent extinction--and made it a compelling, fascinating read; compassionate yet realistic; and he doesn't shy away from the whole truth and nothing but the truth. R......more

2055 is the estimate that Lyle Lewis gives us until human extinction. He says that humans are the end of an evolutionary branch, our intelligence with our evolutionary programming has lead us to this conclusion, ending much biodiversity. How has the Self lead us here? The archetypal of Order/ orderi......more

This book won't tell you anything about the mess we are in that you don't already know. He just tells us we're likely finished by the 2050s. The exact mechanism of extinction he doesn't explain so your guess is as good as his.......more