More From Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned To Prosper Using Fewer Resources – and What Happens Next
by Andrew McAfee, 2019

Promising narrative about how we have reached/passed peak-impact on the world’s resources. For example, the U.S. reached peak paper usage in 1990. While more needs to be done to continue ensuring our environmental impact is in check, the dematerialization of many aspects of life in the last 20+ years has been impressive. McAfee cites capitalism, technological progress, responsive government, and public awareness as the Four Horsemen of the Optimist.

I do energy research and can constantly see signs for optimism that economic conditions will lead to less environmental impact in the future. In my opinion, the most worrying trend cited in the book is the loss of social capital and the feeling of disconnection in our modern world.

Pairs well with Factfulness by Rosling. I found the last few chapters to be repetitive; it could/should have been about 50 pages shorter.