This Changes Everything
by Naomi Klein · first published 2013
53% recommend41% neutral6% critical
Why HN recommends it
Offers background on the politics and history behind climate inaction and the economic system driving it, making a clear, well-argued case about capitalism and the climate crisis.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short, either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will be visited upon our physical world. The status quo is no longer an option. In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that ca
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…the impacts of global warming continue to get worse at an increasing rate. And government seems incapable of identifying it as a crisis, much less identifying it as an existential crisis. Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything (http://www.amazon.com/This-Changes-Everything-Capitalism-Cli...) is a must read. As Rob Nixon's Nov 2014 NY Times review states, Ms. Klein "argues that the climate crisis cannot be addressed in the…
on “The real holes in climate science (2010)” ↗…will profit--in the short term, of course--from climate change, and there's a good argument to be made that Capital is perpetuating the cataclysmic destruction of our system for such profits. Check out [This Changes Everything](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21913812-this-changes-ev...).
on “Investing Prophet Jeremy Grantham Takes Aim at Climate Change” ↗…order before doing something that literally affects the entire planet. [0] I believe I learned that from this book (which I thought was excellent), although I'm not 100% sure: https://www.amazon.com/This-Changes-Everything-Capitalism-Cl...
on ““Abrupt thaw” of Arctic permafrost releasing more CO2 than predicted” ↗This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein. This was a good alternative view to how we were taught the world was “meant” to be run
on “Ask HN: Are there any books that changed your life during college or school?” ↗…blindly we charged into the apocalypse. I only hope that museum's curated by our children, and not whatever species finds our remains. For a good, hard look at why I believe this, read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything," and Peter Frase's "Four Futures." If you're daring enough, you can follow those with Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash," and Barbara Ehrenreich's "Dancing in the Streets" and "Witches, Midwives, & Nurses"…
on “Carbon Removal Technologies” ↗…over activities that would produce a lower net output of carbon dioxide like localised food production and subsidised, localised renewable energy production. I strongly recommend reading Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything' for a background on the history, current situation, future solutions and what will happen if we don't take action. http://thischangeseverything.org/
on “2015 Gates Annual Letter” ↗You may enjoy the Naomi Klein book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate". It's about halfway through the list.
on “Books to Understand Economics” ↗> I read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything. The The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is another insightful book of hers, I highly recommend it, it was written in 2008 as the financial crisis happened: https://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine-Rise-Disaster-Capitali...
on “JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race” ↗…and more. Books: "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming" by David Wallace-Wells: This book offers an uncompromising look at the potential impacts of climate change if left unchecked. "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate" by Naomi Klein: Klein makes a case for how addressing climate change requires major changes to our economic system. "Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know" by Joseph…
on “Is Mastodon mainly for far left?” ↗The lies are all well known and well documented by the likes of Naomi Klein ("This Changes Everything") - go have a read
on “How big a solar battery do I need to store all my home's electricity?” ↗…every time sun-blocking solutions are discussed: > for the fossil fuel companies and their paid champions, anything is preferable to regulating ExxonMobil, including attempting to regulate the sun. - “This Changes Everything” (Klein, 2014)
on “US Is One Step Closer to Having Program to Study Blocking Sun” ↗…Miodownik 44. 'The Teacher Wars: A History Of America’s Most Embattled Profession' by Dana Goldstein 45. 'Thirteen Days In September: Carter, Begin, And Sadat At Camp David' by Lawrence Wright 46. 'This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate' by Naomi Klein 47. 'Thrown' by Kerry Howley 48. 'The Trip To Echo Spring: On Writers And Drinking' by Olivia Laing 49. 'The True American: Murder And Mercy In Texas' by…
on “Notable Books of 2014” ↗A few weeks ago I read Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything." She specifically mentions how the bailout - after the 2008 crash - was a missed opportunity; that WS' behavior could been nudged or more. Given what was at risk, it's difficult to disagree. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/22/this-changes-e...
on “JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race” ↗This is a prevalent theme of Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything" (https://thischangeseverything.org/) That the current system as it stands is not built to let us combat climate change, and we need to change the system too.
on “The Mega Rich Have Found an Unlikely New Refuge” ↗…redistributing the means of production is their obsession; climate change hysteria is just a means to achieve that end. I used to think this was some Limbaugh conspiracy theory and then I read Naomi Klein’s book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Changes_Everything