Timefulness by Marcia Bjornerud Summary
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In "Timefulness," geologist Marcia Bjornerud reveals how Earth's 4.5 billion-year history offers solutions to our climate crisis. This award-winning masterpiece - hailed by James Powell as "one of the best science books ever" - transforms geological thinking into environmental salvation.
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The Clock That Shapes Our World
Imagine holding a billion years in your palm. Every pebble you've ever kicked contains Earth's ancient memories, yet most of us walk through life temporally blind. We live in a culture that fears time-obsessing over youth, designing economic systems for quarterly profits, and building political structures around election cycles. This chronophobia has left us dangerously time-illiterate. While most educated people would feel embarrassed not knowing basic geography, we remain comfortably ignorant about Earth's history, the duration of its chapters, and the natural rhythms of our planet's systems. This temporal blindness makes us both intemperate and recklessly impatient, accelerating headlong into ecosystems with no awareness of their established patterns, then expressing shock when we face consequences for ignoring natural laws. What if understanding our place in deep time isn't just intellectually enriching but essential for our survival as a species?
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The Planetary Dance Floor
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Our Unprecedented Footprint
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