The weakest of his works. The 2 stars might be a function of comparative expectations as his prior works were exceptional. He far too often lets his personal views encroach upon the data and findings. I was particularly struck by the juxtaposition of an incredibly cool analysis of the problems of monoculture in cheetahs (awesome chapter) and then the immediate lack of seeing the effects of a monoculture in an Ivy League class and advocating for a CalTech like monoculture. All in all he skimmed interesting topics but didn’t dig to the profound as he had some previously