@pdotb@wyrms.de I'm glad you left this review as I've read "Post Growth" but could only get through a small portion of "Less is More" before the library needed it back again. Your comment prompts me to get "Less is More" back again and finish it.
I loved "Post Growth" precisely for the extraneous parts you mention. It is poetic. And perhaps more approachable by the average person deterred by anything too heavy on the subject of economics. I do agree that his forays into other stories are not always clearly linked back to the central theme of the book but they do provide moments of humanity that are often lost in these sorts of educational books. I read "Post Growth" shortly after reading "Prosperity without Growth", which was far denser on the economic side, and found it refreshingly readable and approachable after the figures and numbers and thinking required for …