This book is an incredibly empathetic yet philosophical insight into how the climate crisis and our response is a reflection of our societal structuring but also a our almost biological inability to conceptualize large, distant future problems. I do think it provides some interesting insight on how we can deal with these moral dilemmas, and emphasizes that the guilt we feel is not a unique experience, rather, there are many people who feel the same.
It aims to move away from climate guilt or panic that can be incredibly crippling, and reframes the problem in a way that is approachable and incredibly human. I'm grateful that I got to read this book and I will definitely be recommending it to others.

There are many large, perhaps overwhelmingly large catastrophes facing and looming over all of human society, or even life as a whole. We argue, debate, vote, and anger others who may be close to us. Can any of us ordinary people do much – or anything meaningful about any of these issues? Perhaps not. Most of these massive collective problems will require collective solutions – at a national or even international scale.

The author uses the concept of “joyguzzling” – that is, going for a long ride for the fun of it, in a fuel-inefficient vehicle. Do we have an obligation to not do this? Do we have a reason to, or not to? Is it the right thing to do? And, importantly, are we justified in criticizing others who do this?

There are many things which individuals can do or not do which may effect changes better than individual action or inaction. There are also many other important issues. We cannot keep up with all of the information, much less direct our time, talents, and treasures to all of them. What is the effect of boycotting especially bad-actors in the global or regional economy? What would “Fair allocation of resources” even look like?

In fact what is the morality of doing anything? Are we left with nihilism? The author goes into various forms of moral philosophy, some of which are from where you get your morals – and yes, there are several of them. We do not even have the option to “opt out” of making any decision – that too, has its own set of morals.

I intend to post reviews on Goodreads, Barnes & Nobel, and Amazon (If they'll allow it based on my shopping history by then) closer to March 1, 2024.