From hotdogs to the beauty of sunsets

John Green connects his own life with the big questions of humanity: What does a teddy bear have to do with power and powerlessness, or Googling with our finitude? With his eye for the strange, the important, and the surprising, he evaluates the human-made present on a scale from 1 to 5. The Anthropocene is the current geological epoch in which we fundamentally change the planet. Green gathers facets of this era: His absurd, enlightening, and deeply personal discoveries reflect our lives with all their ups and downs. Whether it's Monopoly or the plague, Super Mario Kart or sunsets - he narrates our reality and the existential experiences of being human with great ease and joy.