Currently I'm reading Nina Burton's 'Livets tunna väggar' which translate to something like Walls of Life. It's a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother's summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.

It's a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.

What are you reading?

  • bubbalu [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Hipotesi is probably Potosi which was a major Silver mining settlement in Bolivia and is one of the early cases explored in the book.

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      That makes perfect sense! Thanks! I had no reference point for what it might be. I'll look it up and re-listen to the previous chapter.

      • bubbalu [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Hope you enjoy the book! I was reading it with some comrades and learning a lot from it before life got the better of me.