Summary
Peter Wohlleben: Our Wild Heritage
Author of the bestseller *The Secret Life of Trees* How our drives drive us and what this means for our future - fascinating insights into living in harmony with nature. Until now, Peter Wohlleben has interpreted the hidden life of nature in his own unique way. Now he explores the secret of our, often very irrational, behavior. Do we really hold our destiny in our own hands or - like every other animal species - do we act mainly on instinct? By all accounts, the latter: unable to think about long-term consequences and focused solely on meeting immediate needs, man recklessly depletes the earth's resources and rushes to his own ruin. How is it possible that a being that is reputed to be the most advanced on this planet destroys its own living space? In his fascinating new book, Peter Wohlleben gives us a glimpse into the mysterious cosmos of human nature for the first time. Comparing us to the animal and plant world and citing numerous astonishing examples, he shows that we are not the "crown of evolution", but that evolution continues to work on us and in us. Only if we tame our nature by becoming aware of its true nature, we can embark on new paths that will provide us with a future worth living.
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