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Sto caricando le informazioni... The End of the World Is Flatdi Simon Edge
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Probably a 3.75, but not a 4. This is a funny, thought-provoking spoof of one of the reality denying ideologies which seems to currently have traction amongst the self-declared 'progressives' of the West. It's a good and amusing parody, but doesn't manage to be quite as mad as real life? It also, out of necessity simplifies what is going on and comes to a far neater solution to end this madness than I think actually we'll get. All in all a good read. An allegorical tale about a fantastic (not in the sense of being good) idea that takes over the world, thanks to a relentless online campaign. A billionaire uses cash to capture a reputable charity and turns it into a propaganda machine to push his own version of reality - a flat earth. It is easy to see traces of more than one current movement in this story, but the obvious parallels are with trans activism...intentionally so. I do feel like the conclusion is not satisfying; it feels like the author reached a point, didn't know what to do, so he gave it more of an anticlimax than a climax. Seeking the easy solution was not a great way to end this book. Otherwise, it was a satisfying and worthwhile novel. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Mel Winterbourne's modest map-making charity, the Orange Peel Foundation, has achieved all its aims and she's ready to shut it down. But glamorous tech billionaire Joey Talavera has other ideas. He hijacks the foundation for his own purpose: to convince the world that the earth is flat. Using the dark arts of social media at his new master's behest, Mel's ruthless young successor, Shane Foxley, turns science on its head. He persuades gullible online zealots that old-style 'globularism' is hateful. Teachers and airline pilots face ruin if they reject the new 'True Earth' orthodoxy. Can Mel and her fellow heretics - vilified as 'True-Earth Rejecting Globularists' (Tergs) - thwart Orange Peel before insanity takes over? Might the solution to the problem lie in the 15th century? Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I think we are experiencing a cycle of history; extraordinary new achievements in science result in a freakishly credulous public. Think of the fairy hoax that took in much of Victorian England as well as mesmerism, etc. And intimidation by label is a weirdly powerful weapon right now; call someone a "racist" for saying most people have ten toes and they will stop asserting their belief in public. A few will remove a toe, just to be on the safe side.
I have been wondering for a while why I grew up believing that everybody thought the earth was flat until 1492 and this book helpfully explains that it is due to a biography of Columbus written by Washington Irving in the early 1800s. A really powerful myth, that.
The surreal Twitter/X dialogues scattered throughout the book are painfully hilarious. ( )