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Book Review & Discussion - Contemporary Classics Series
Publication: 2015 (German), 2016 (English translation)
Core Thesis: Trees are social beings. Forests are superorganisms. What looks like individual competition is actually sophisticated cooperation across centuries.
Reading Time: 15 minutes
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