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Rachel Bedard highlighted the book as a great work that traced the split between technocratic wizards and prophetic thinkers in how we approach environmental challenges. She noted that it illuminated how wizards favor technological fixes while prophets argue humanity has outgrown its wisdom, making the title especially relevant for listeners interested in environmental problem‑solving.
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Rachel Bedard praised the book for tracking the divide between technocratic wizards and prophetic thinkers in environmental problemsolving.
I'm a big fan of this book by a writer named Charles Mann. And the book is called Wizards and Prophets. Great book. The book is tracking this divide in ways we think about environmentalism and solving environmental problems. Wizards want to sell them technologically, prophets argue mankind has grown beyond its wisdom.