If you could sum up Beyond Words in three words, what would they be?
Mind expanding- indisputable!
All things are connected by a common ancestry. Humans are not the pinnacle of creation but one among many creatures who encompass the whole of evolution. We are all the same and humans are not the best among us.
What did you like best about this story?
The extent of society among our non-human neighbors is what I liked best. And the fact that we can interact with them if we do so on their terms and not on our terms.
What does Carl Safina bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I enjoyed Carl's sense of earnest and the decades of observation he brings to the subject.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Man vs. Nature: Community or Competition?
Any additional comments?
This book opens up the sense that we are all one. There seems to be an entire reality- older than our own, that is grossly misunderstood. To what end I wonder...