This book suffers from the classic educated white guy problems.

He makes a handful of genuinely insightful points. Certainly, things such as substance abuse and false advertising are serious problems. Those are things we should be aware of, and trying to solve.

However, I cannot get past his paternalistic tone toward the majority world. He for sure thinks that the white educated (English?) class is the pinnacle of evolution. So many books from this period suffer the same fate. The place it comes out most is in his talk of overpopulation. Overpopulation is almost always "their problem." It always makes me wonder if the term is just a dogwhistle.

2.5/5