Full Title: Intelligence in nature : an inquiry into knowledge by Jeremy Narby

Rating: 4/5

Style: A fun page-turner, but not a brilliant writing style. 

Summary: Narby travels around interviewing scientists regarding their studies into nature; birds, butterflies, slime, plants, etc…  

Comments: I enjoyed reading the book, but I’m not sure sure Narby added enough of his own writing or work into the book. Feels like he google searched cool science research, did personal interviews of the lead researchers, then published a book compiling their effort with a small commentary added. That might have been perfect pre-internet, but you can find that cutting edge science interviews on free podcasts.

Still, the book was a fun read. Narby even included book notes at the end that included other’s critisms of Narby’s work perspective. Neat.

I haven’t read his main work yet, ‘Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge’, but plan to soon.

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