Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Radical Mindfulness
James K Rowe · 2023
55/100
👎 Skip It
Rowe's ambition to link death anxiety to systemic injustice and propose contemplative practice as political medicine is intellectually interesting — but the argument stays firmly inside an academic activist framework that most general readers will find inaccessible. The evidence base for death anxiety being THE root cause of colonialism and climate inaction is contested even within the field. Worth reading if you are a scholar or organizer in this specific intersection; otherwise the reach exceeds the grasp.
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safety75
substance60
craft55
originality70
accuracy50
hype55
age-fit65
human-eye48
Penny’s verdict55
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