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Topic: Anthropocentrism

Subtopics: Human Exceptionalism, Anthropodenial

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The Eyes and the Impossible

by Dave Eggers

“It is a tendency of the human species to see themselves in everything, to assume all living things, animals in particular, are simply corollaries to humans, but in this book, that is not the case. Here, the dogs are dogs, the birds are birds, goats are goats, the Bison Bison.”

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The Fate of Fausto

by Oliver Jeffers

“For the fate of Fausto did not matter to them.”

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The Lorax

by Chris Renaud

“A town without nature: not one living tree. So what happened to them? Cue the music, let’s see.”

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Unstoppable Us, Vol. 1

by Yuval Noah Harari

“Animals and plants depend on one another, so if something happens to one kind of creature, it usually influences many others. And this law even applies to you”

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Wonder Walkers

by Micha Archer

“I wonder.” “Me too.”

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Your Place in the Universe

by Jason Chin

“In the vast cosmic web, in the Milky Way, in the solar system, there is a small blue planet called Earth.”

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