Yep, civilization is going to crash. There is no doubt about it. Jensen believes that by helping things along with direct action, we can cushion the crash: More humans will survive, more species of animals and plants will make it and there will be less overall violence. The direct action he is most interested in is taking out dams, but he also mentions taking out cell phone towers, computer hacking to disrupt corporations, disrupting transportation, putting holes in pipelines and disrupting the flow of electricity.

Jensen loses points for not being vegan. A lot of points, actually. If you are an environmentalist, you have to be vegan. common sense, you know. Jensen's excuse is that plants are sentient too. and so are rocks. uh huh, *smiles indulgently* This is a common response that meat eaters have when they are first confronted with vegetarianism, and IMO one of the more stupid ones. Jensen has turned this response into a religion, tho, and tells us he got permission to eat meat from a tree. It's so cute when humans make up deities who tell them the status quo is okay, there is no reason to change your lifestyle.

But the set of books is good reading. He has gotten me thinking about many things. I am re-arranging my opinions about government and military (including police). And he has definitely changed my mind about pacifism.

Highly recommended.