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Listening to the author in 2007 hypothesize whether or not Putin would attempt to remake Old Russia if he thought he could get away with it is... Eerie.

So what you're saying is that the more we attempt to control this behemoth of the natural world, the less we're able to and the more 'down stream' (or upstream as well) effects it has? And that the more we learn about rivers, the more we realize that we don't really know all that much about engineering them? What a shock. /s

HOLY DAMN, you know that the chapter is about to get WILD when you *and* the audiobook narrator (the actual author) are both groaning and saying something like "oh ffs no" in unison.

Chapter 14 folks. I didn't think anything was gonna beat Johnny Two Fingers but wooooow...

Holy crap, Payne is an INCREDIBLE storyteller. PROTIP: don't try and listen to this while your kids are fighting over the TV remote or asking for things every :30 🤦🏼‍♀️

Why do I keep reading books that make me depressed? I need to read more fluffy mystery &/or romance.

My Constitution 101 Professor just got called out by the Author! He was possibly my least favorite professor and his class was utterly useless (the way he taught it at any rate), so I can understand why Stanley does so.
Chapter 4, towards the end of the chapter.

DEFINITELY read "America's Best Idea: The Separation Of Church & State" by Randall Balmer as an introduction to (or in lieu of 😅) this book!

Panic happens when the following three conditions are all met by an individual:
1) perceives themself as POTENTIALLY trapped
2) perceives the panic of others
3) perceives themself as isolated/alone