We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check – because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.

I need to admit here that the only reason why I read this book is because I’ve heard a lot of good things about the author, and this book was the first book from the author which I found in the bookstore I usually buy my books at. But without making the intro longer than it already is, lets get into this review. 

First of all I need to admit here that this book makes some very good points through out this book. Which really made like this book a fair share. And the author does give us some good fun facts through out this book

But at the same time this book is more of a statistics book rather than a normal nonfiction book. Because of how many numbers and constructs this book talks about and how much the author tries to connect those numbers into what the author is talking about in this book.

This book talks about climate change and that we cant decarbonize as fast as we imagine we can. Which is a very good point because most of the climate change books and articles I’ve read are always too optimistic about how fast we can decarbonize the planet and our lives.

The thing which I didn’t like the most about this book, was the fact that the author is very skeptical about humanity becoming multi-planetary species because the author claims it is far-fetched and too much like a Sci-Fi movie. 

The writing style in this book is very like a high school textbook, which really didn’t help me to be interested in it or find the book to be enjoyable. 

If you want to read a book about climate change and what we can do about it, then this book isnt a good choice because this book bombards us as readers with a lot of numbers, statics which really makes this book hard to understand. A better choice would be the climate change book Bill Gates have written rather than this one.

I Give This Book 3 / 5